Dr. Li obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and joined the University of Alberta in July 1989, where he is Professor of Chemistry, Adjunct professor of Biochemistry and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Analytical Chemistry. Dr. Li served as Director, Alberta Cancer Board Proteomics Resource Laboratory, from 2000 to 2005 and has been Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Division at the U of A since 2007. Dr. Li’s research interest is in the area of developing analytical mass spectrometry for proteomics and metabolomics applications. He is currently active in developing new methods for quantitative and comprehensive metabolome profiling of bio-systems for biological studies and discovery of disease biomarkers. He has published 209 papers and given over 240 invited lectures. He is an editor of Analytica Chimica Acta since 2005.