Lingjun Li Explained

Lingjun Li is a Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She develops mass spectrometry based tools to study neuropeptides, peptide hormones and neurotransmitters.

Lingjun Li
Birth Place:	Beijing, China
Alma Mater:	Beijing University of Technology (BE) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
Thesis Title:	Following Neuropeptide Processing, Distribution, Transport, and Release Using Novel Mass Spectrometric Approaches
Thesis Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84471
Thesis Year:	2000
Doctoral Advisor:	Jonathan V. Sweedler
Field:	Chemistry
Work Institutions:	University of Wisconsin-Madison

Early life and education

Li was born in Beijing, China in 1969. She graduated from Beijing University of Technology in 1992, and did an internship at Environment Canada.^[1] She received a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, under the direction of Jonathan Sweedler.^[2]

Career

From 2000 to 2002, Li conducted postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richard Smith), Brandeis University (Eve Marder), and University of Illinois (Jonathan Sweedler).^[3] She then joined University of Wisconsin-Madison as Assistant Professor in 2002. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008, and Full Professor in 2012. She has been appointed as a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor since 2015,^[4] and Charles Melbourne Johnson Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

She serves on the US Human Proteome Organization Board of Directors,^[5] Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry Board of Directors,^[6] and on the editorial board for Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry,^[7] Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis^[8] and Frontiers in Biology.^[9] She was the President of the Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2013-2015),^[10] and an Associate Editor for Analytical Methods (2013-2016).^{[11] [12]}

Awards

• 2004 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award^[13]
• 2005 National Science Foundation Career Award^[14]
• 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships^[15]
• 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award^[16]
• 2014 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Biemann Medal^[17]
• 2016 Analytical Scientist The Power List - Top 50 most influential women in the analytical sciences^[18]
• 2019 Analytical Scientist The Power List^[19]
• 2021 Analytical Scientist The Power List^[20]

Patent applications

• Isobaric tandem mass tags for quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2012) US 9388132 B2
• Mass defect-based multiplex dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO) tags for high-throughput quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2016) AU 2016338691 A1
• Isobaric Multiplex Reagents for Carbonyl Containing Compound High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis (2019) US 20190225559 A1
• Development of a Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Simultaneous Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Citrullination Analysis of Complex Biological Samples (2020) US 20210181206 A1

References

1. Web site: Phillips . Kristin Elise . January 2019 . Faces of Mass Spectrometry Lingjun Li . June 5, 2021 . American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
2. 2006 . Contributors to the Emerging Investigators Special Issue . Analyst . en . 131 . 2 . 180–185 . 10.1039/B600332J. 2006Ana...131..180. .
3. Web site: Pharmaceutical Sciences Division Wisconsin Center for NanoBioSystems Lingjun Li . 2022-06-06 . University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.
4. Web site: 2015-03-01 . Li named Vilas Professor . 2022-06-06 . School of Pharmacy . en.
5. Web site: US HUPO - Board of Directors . 2022-06-06 . www.ushupo.org.
6. Web site: Board of Directors . 2023-01-13 . www.casms.org.
7. Web site: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 2022-06-06 . pubs.acs.org . en.
8. Web site: Editorial Board - Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis - Journal - Elsevier . 2022-06-06 . www.journals.elsevier.com.
9. Web site: Frontiers in Biology Editorial Board . 2022-06-06 . academic.hep.com.cn.
10. Web site: CASMS History -- CASMS . 2021-12-27 . www.casms.org.
11. 2015 . Editorial Board profiles . Analytical Methods . en . 7 . 1 . 20–24 . 10.1039/C4AY90093F.
12. Oberbeckmann-Winter . Nicola . 2018-01-01 . Meet the contributors . Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry . en . 410 . 3 . 651–660 . 10.1007/s00216-017-0825-5 . 1618-2650. free . 29279990 .
13. Web site: Research Awards . 2021-11-29 . www.asms.org.
14. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 0449991 - CAREER: Development of Integrated MS Strategies for Probing Peptidergic Signaling . 2022-06-06 . www.nsf.gov . en.
15. Web site: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . 2021-11-29 . www.physics.rutgers.edu.
16. Web site: Pittcon 2011 In Atlanta . 2021-11-29 . cen.acs.org.
17. Web site: Biemann Medal . 2021-11-13 . www.asms.org.
18. Web site: Lingjun Li . 2021-11-29 . The Analytical Scientist . en.
19. Web site: Lingjun Li . 2021-11-29 . The Analytical Scientist . en.
20. Web site: Lingjun Li . 2021-11-29 . The Analytical Scientist . en.