
Fang Li
Positions
- 2022 - present
Professor (with tenure)
Edmund Wallace Tulloch and Anna Marie Tulloch Endowed Chair
Director of Center for Emerging Viruses
Department of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota, MN - 2024 - present
Founder and CEO of Nanoli Therapeutics LLC - 2022 - present
Co-Director of Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery Center
Midwest academic institutions - 2017 - 2022
Associate Professor (with tenure) -> Professor (with tenure) -> Endowed Professor
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Minnesota, MN - 2007 - 2017
Assistant Professor (tenure track) -> Associate Professor (with tenure)
Department of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota, MN - 2003 - 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, MA
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen C. Harrison
Degrees and Education
- 1996 - 2002
Yale University, CT
Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nobel Laureate Dr. Thomas A. Steitz - 1991 - 1996
Beijing University, Beijing, China
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Recent Recognitions
- 2024 Elizabeth O. King Lecturer Award - by American Society for Microbiology
- 2023 Twin Cities Health Care Heroes - by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
- 2022 Top 500 World's Most Impactful Scientists - by Stanford University
- 2021-2024 World's Highly Cited Researchers - by Web of Science (Clarivate)
- 2021 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence - by Zoetis Inc.