Kai LI
Date:2025-07-16
Majors for Enrollment: 
Physiology 
Neurobiology 
 
B.S. in Life Science, Northwest Normal University, China
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 
2025.1-Present
Assistant Investigator, Chinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing, China
2023.12-2024.12
Associate Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute & University of California at San Francisco, USA
2018.7-2023.7
Postdoctoral Researcher, Howard Hughes Medical Institute & University of California at San Francisco, USA
2017.8-2018.6
Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 
The Li laboratory at CIMR works on the mechanisms and functions of organellar physiology and homeostasis, aiming to reveal their implications in pathogenesis of human diseases, such as neurodegeneration, tissue damage and metabolic disorders.