Ling Li
Assistant Professor
- Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow
- Thrust Area Specialty: Bio, Micro & Nano Systems
431 Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests
- Biological structural materials
- Bio-inspired materials
- Biomineralization
- Self-assembly
- Crystal growth and design
- Mechanical behavior of materials
- Multifunctional materials
See Dr. Li's publications and research on Google Scholar
- 2016-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2014-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
- 2009-2014, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2020 - 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
- 2020 - ICTAS Junior Faculty Award
- 2020 – National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 2019 - Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, Virginia Tech
- 2019 - MIT TR35 China Award
- 2018 - AFOSR YIP Award
- 2017 - Assistant Professor Mentoring Grant Award, Virginia Tech
- 2016 – Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
- 2016 - First place, Poster Contest in Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard
- 2015 – 3rd place, Poster Contest in Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard University
- 2013 – Global Fellows Program Fellowship, MIT
- 2010 – Top Prize ($10,000 award) MADMEC Competition, MIT
- 2010 – Best Entry, Research Image Competition, DMSE, MIT
- 2008 – Lijen Industrial Development Medal (best academic senior thesis in the discipline)
- 2008 – Materials Research Society (Singapore) Gold Medal
- Ph.D. - Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
- B.S., Material Science and Engineering, National Universit of Singapore, 2008