Dr. Li is an Associate Professor at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. He received a Ph.D. from Wuhan University in 2000. Then, he completed his post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School, Boston, investigating NF-κB signaling and antiviral innate immunity. His current research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of nucleic acid-mediated innate immune signaling pathways and the role of these signaling pathways in infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, and tumorigenesis. His lab is also interested in mapping virus-host interaction networks and how these interactions modulate host defense and viral pathogenesis.