Principal investigator
Bingbing Li, Ph.D., Full Professor
Associate Department Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
201 E Ottawa Ct
Central Michigan University
Dow Complex 257 | li3b@cmich.edu | (989) 774-3441
EDUCATION
2007 Ph.D. Chemistry (Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Interface Science), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2004 M.S. Chemistry (Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Interface Science), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1998 B.S. Chemistry (Chemical Education), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020-present: Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
2015-2020: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
2009-2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
2007-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Assistant Professor, The Indiana University Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
2007: Postdoctoral Researcher (Abbott Vascular contract), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1998-2002: Research Assistant (Junior Researcher Fellow), Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (with Prof. Wenping Liang), The Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry (with Prof. Minghua Liu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
1997-1998: Research Assistant, Beijing Normal University (with Profs. Guangju Chen and Hezhen Tian), Beijing, China
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
Associate Department Chair, Summer 2022 - Present
Graduate Program Chair, Summer 2022 - Present
Graduate Advisor and Coordinator, Summer 2015 – Summer 2017, Summer 2020 - Present
Chair, Graduate Program Committee, Summer 2015 – Summer 2017, Summer 2020 - Present
Member, CSE Integration of Science, Technology, and Engineering (InSciTE) Program Council, 2022 – present
Member, College of Science and Engineering DEI Committee, 2021 – present
Member, College of Science and Engineering Communications Committee, 2019 – 2022
Member, Professional Education Selection, Admission, and Retention Committee, 2019 – 05/2020
Chair, Central Michigan University Public Broadcasting Committee, 2015 – 2016
Member, Central Michigan University Public Broadcasting Committee, 2014 – 2015
Member, College Recruiting and Retention Committee,2014 – 2015
Member, University Academic Senate Library Committee, 2011 – 2014,
CBC Seminar Coordinator, 2011 – 2013
Member, SAM Ph.D. Program Admission Committee, 2010 – 2013
Member, Department Curriculum Committee Member, 2010 – 2015, 2019
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
Editorial Board Member, Material Circular Economy (Springer), 2021 – present
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Report (NPG), 2016 – present
Member of ACS Midland Section Award Committee, 2019 – present
Poster Session Chair, ACS Midland Section FSM Planning Committee, 2021
Co-chair, ACS Midland Section FSM Planning Committee, 2020
Co-Organizer and Panel Moderator, ACS Midland Section, STEM Equity Symposium, 2021
Ad-hoc Reviewer, University of Toledo Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2019
Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation GRFP Program, 2015, 2020
Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation BME and BME Career Programs, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ad-hoc Reviewer, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2020,
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Indo‐US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), India Science & Technology Partnership (INSTP), 2010
Symposium Organizer, 44th ACS Central Regional Meeting Planning Committee, 2013
Chair, Workshop & Symposium on Biomedical Materials and Regenerative Medicine, 2011
Manuscript Reviewer for Macromolecules, Chemical Communications, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Langmuir, Nanoscale, Soft Matters, RSC Advances, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, etc.