Shiliang Li received his B.S. (1997) and Ph.D (2002) from University of Science and Technology and Institute of Physics (IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the University of Tennessee from 2003 to 2009. He became the associated professor at IOP since 2009 and was promoted to Professor in 2012. His research field focuses on high-temperature superconductors and quantum magnets. He also built a thermal triple-axis spectrometer at CARR, Beijing.