Di Li

Dr. Li, a radio astronomer, currently a Chair professor of Tsinghua University and the Chief Scientist of the FAST telescope (former) operated by the NAOC. He won the Marcel Grossman Award “For his groundbreaking contributions to the scientific definition of the most sensitive radio telescope and his numerous innovations in characterizing the dynamic universe”. He pioneered several observing and data analysis techniques, including HI narrow self-absorption (HINSA)，which facilitates precise measurements of interstellar magnetic field that was firstly published on the cover of Nature. Dr. Li has (co-)led multiple discoveries, including the first detection of interstellar molecular oxygen, the largest set of fast radio burst (FRB) events, the slowest pulsar in globular clusters, etc. He proposed and implemented a novel high-cadence-CAL technique that multiplied the survey efficiency of FAST. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, including 6 on Nature and 2 on Science. He took on many leading and/or advisory roles in national and international organizations, including the Steering Committee of Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), and the advisory panel of the Breakthrough Listen initiative.