Jun Li, Ph.D.

University Distinguished Professor

Department of Chemistry
Kansas State University
213 CBC Building
Manhattan, KS 66506-0401

Office: CBC 201

Phone: (785) 532-0955
Fax: (785) 532-6666
Web: http://www.k-state.edu/chem/people/grad-faculty/jli/index.html

Senior Editor, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (http://tnano.org/jun-li/)

 

Education:

B. A., Chemistry, Wuhan University, P. R. China (1987)

Ph. D., Physical Chemistry, Princeton University (1995), Advisor: Giacinto Scoles and Keng S. Liang (Exxon)

Postdoctoral Research, Electrochemistry, Cornell University (1994-1997), Advisor: Hector D. Abrunã

Professional Achievements & Activities:

• About 210 scientific publications: 1 edited book, 161 peer-reviewed journal articles, 25 proceeding papers, and 23 book chapters, and 17 issued/protected patents
• Filed 42 patents applications (17 issued/protected) with 6 patents licensed to 3 companies for commercialization.
• Research highlighted in more than 40 public news reports including Science, Nature, MIT Technology Review, etc.
• Work art appeared on the cover of 12 journals, book, and one National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) report.
• Served in over 63 review panels for US federal funding agencies, including 43 NIH panels, 18 NSF panels, and 2 NASA panels.
• Served as reviewer for 19 funding agencies (including > 15 foreign agents).
• Elected as 2019 class of Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI).
• 2021, admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
• 2022, admitted as a Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM).
• 2023, elected as University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University.
• Sept, 2024, listed in the top 2% of career-long high-impact scientists.
• 2024, Roots of research award, Kansas State University.
• May 2025, Professorial Performance Award, Kansas State University.
• Sept. 2025, Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Research, Alumni Association of Kansas State University
• Serving/served in the editorial board of 15 journals.
• Serving as an associate editor (2007-2014) and senior editor (since 2015) for IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO).

Experience:

07/2023 - present	University Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University.
07/2012 - 06/2023	Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University
08/2007 - 06/2012	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University
09/2000 - 07/2007	Senior Research Scientist and Group Lead, NASA Ames Research Center, CA nanotechnology research in developing biosensors and novel electronics
09/1998 - 09/2000	Research Fellow & Principal Investigator, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore Nanotechnology research on (1) carbon nanotube growth and device/sensor fabrication, (2) scanning probe microscope development, (3) nanotechnology commercialization.
03/1997 - 08/1998	Applications Scientist, Molecular Imaging Co., Phoenix, AZ Development and applications of scanning probe microscope in studying biological systems, in-situ electrochemical interfaces, and polymer surfaces.

Courses Taught

CHM 371: Quantitative Chemical Analysis

CHM 939: Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry: Micro-/Nano- Technologies for Analytical Chemistry

CHM 939: Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry: Chemical/Biochemical sensors

CHM 566: Instrumental Analysis

CHM 901: Analytical Chemistry Seminar

CHM 970-A: Special Topics in Modern Chemistry: Chemical/Biochemical Sensors

CHM 970-A: Special Topics in Modern Chemistry: Advanced X-Ray Techniques (1 credit summer course)