Han Li, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
UCI Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB)
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Department of Biological Chemistry, UC Irvine
Honors and Awards
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Early Career Award (Division 15), 2024
Henry Samueli School of Engineering Faculty Excellence in Research Mid-Career Award, 2024
Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientist Finalist, 2023
Henry Samueli School of Engineering Faculty Excellence in Research Early Career Award, 2021
Sloan Research Fellowship, 2021
NIH Director's New Innovator Award, 2019
NSF CAREER Award, 2019
Education
B.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2008
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2013
Postdoc. The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, 2013-2015
William Black
Project Scientist
Shiding Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Anhuy Pham
Postdoctoral Researcher
Minh-Anh Dinh
Ph.D. Candidate
Hans Ng
Ph.D. Candidate
Suphanida Worakaensai
Ph.D. Candidate
Vincent Martin
Ph.D. Student
Emma Monge
Ph.D. Student
Miles Wilderman
Ph.D. Student
Mathangi Venkatesh
Masters Student
Brian Li
Masters Student
Nathan Kuhn
Masters Student
Undergraduate Researchers
Hung Nguyen
Tiger Miles Wilson
Shem Manchala
Katrina Bittar
Dasha Volkova
Sinchana Holla
Ken Yamamoto
Devin Duong
Laura Schmidt Szavo
Alumni
Linyue Zhang, PhD.
Edward King, PhD.
Sarah Maxel, PhD.
Dr. Jong-Won Lee, Post-Doc.
Derek Aspacio, PhD.
Dr. Yu Ping, Post-Doc.
Samer Saleh, PhD.
Dr. Jin Young Kim, Post-Doc.
Dr. Seungwoo Cha, Post-Doc
Yulai Zhang, PhD.
Sean Perea, PhD.
Yixing Suo, Post-Doc.