About

Christopher Li received his B. S. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1995 and his Ph.D. from the Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron in December, 1999. After working as a post-doc at the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, UA for 2 years, he joined Drexel University, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in January, 2002 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate and full professor in 2007, and 2011, respectively. His research focuses on understanding structure-morphology-property relationship of complex soft and hybrid materials. His group is interested in various ordered polymeric systems, including crystalline, liquid crystalline and block copolymers for energy storage and biomedical applications. Christopher Li is a Fellow of American Physical Society and North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS). He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules, ACS Macro Letters, Polymer, and Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.

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Honors

Outstanding Research Award
Drexel University (United States, Philadelphia), 2016
Inaugural Provost’s Award for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement
Drexel University (United States, Philadelphia), 2016
Outstanding Alumni Award
University of Akron (United States, Akron), 2017

Organizational Affiliations

Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Drexel University

Education

Polymer Chemistry
BS, University of Science and Technology of China (China, Hefei) - USTC
Polymer Science
PhD, University of Akron (United States, Akron)