Xiuling Li

Xiuling Li received her B.S. degree form Peking University and Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. She joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 2007, after working at a startup company for six years. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the area of nanostructured semiconductor materials and devices. She has won the NSF CAREER award (2008), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2009), ONR Young Investigator Award (2011), the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2012), and the ECE Andrew T. Yang Research Award (2013). She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council and serves on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Photonics Society.