Dr. Tian Li is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. She carried out her PhD under Prof. Mario Dagenais in the area of microelectronics and non-linear optics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Maryland. She then joined Prof. Liangbing Hu's group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the same University for Postdoc study. Tian was recognized as a Packard Fellow, Violet B. Haas Fellow and is the recipient of many awards including Forbes 30 under 30, ASME Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Award, R&D 100 Finalist, Sony Research Innovation Award, MRS postdoc award, among others. Her research work has been covered in many medias including Science podcast, Nature index, New York Times and others.