Chenzhong Li's Biography

Chenzhong Li, X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Prof. Chenzhong LI is the X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) (CUHKSZ), the co-editor-in-chiefs of the international flagship journal Biosensor and Bioelectronics.

Before joining CUHK Shenzhen in 2023, Li helds positions such as the research officer at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), the World Ahead professor at Florida International University, the professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University, and the Program Director in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division of National Science Foundation to oversee AI biosensors and biomedical devices research and manage grants for hundreds of research projects nationwide.

Li is an expert in bioinstrumentation, specifically in the development of biomedical devices for both diagnostic and therapeutic, which could also have cross-applications for environmental, food safety monitoring, agriculture, and homeland security.

Li is the Member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Member of the National Academy of Inventors, AIMBE fellow of the American Academy of Medical Biological Sciences. By 2025, he has published nearly 210 research papers, and is the main inventor of 21 international patents. He was the founder and technical director of three start-up companies in China, the United States, and Canada.