Research direction: The central neurobiological mechanisms of chronic pains Mr. Li has published 42 papers in domestic and international journals, including Science, Nature, Cell Reports, JCB, JNs and so on. He was enlisted in the National Key Fundamental Research Development Program (The 973 program) as a top young scientist between 2014 and 2018 and was sponsored as a distinguished scholar by the Shaanxi Province "One Hundred Talents Program" in 2011 and by the Zhejiang’s "One Thousand Talents Program" in 2015.