​Dr. Li joined KAUST as postdoctoral research fellow in February 2019. He received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics in 2009 and M.S. in Solid Mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2011, and in 2017 he received his PhD degree from University of Portsmouth, UK. His main research focus is on computational mechanics of composite materials. He is currently involved in the research project of novel composite joint designs via engineered interfacial morphology.