Lingjun Li
Lingjun Li is a Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She develops mass spectrometry based tools to study neuropeptides, peptide hormones and neurotransmitters. {{Infobox scientist
| name = Lingjun Li
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| birth_place = Beijing, China
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| alma_mater = Beijing University of Technology (BE)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
| thesis_title = Following Neuropeptide Processing, Distribution, Transport, and Release Using Novel Mass Spectrometric Approaches
| thesis_url = http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84471
| thesis_year = 2000
| doctoral_advisor = Jonathan V. Sweedler
| awards = Biemann Medal {{small|(2014)}}
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| field = Chemistry
| work_institutions = University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Early life and education
Li was born in Beijing, China in 1969. She graduated from Beijing University of Technology in 1992, and did an internship at Environment Canada.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Kristin Elise |date=January 2019 |title=Faces of Mass Spectrometry Lingjun Li |url=https://www.asms.org/docs/default-source/jasms/lingjun-2-pages-jasms-face.pdf?sfvrsn=8f4d77c3_2 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |website=American Society for Mass Spectrometry}} She received a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, under the direction of Jonathan Sweedler.{{Cite journal |date=2006 |title=Contributors to the Emerging Investigators Special Issue |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2006/an/b600332j |journal=Analyst |language=en |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=180–185 |doi=10.1039/B600332J|bibcode=2006Ana...131..180. |url-access=subscription }}
Career
From 2000 to 2002, Li conducted postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richard Smith), Brandeis University (Eve Marder), and University of Illinois (Jonathan Sweedler).{{Cite web |title=Pharmaceutical Sciences Division Wisconsin Center for NanoBioSystems Lingjun Li |url=https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/lingjun_li/index.php |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy}} She then joined University of Wisconsin-Madison as Assistant Professor in 2002. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008, and Full Professor in 2012. She has been appointed as a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor since 2015,{{Cite web |date=2015-03-01 |title=Li named Vilas Professor |url=https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/li-named-vilas-professor/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=School of Pharmacy |language=en}} and Charles Melbourne Johnson Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
She serves on the US Human Proteome Organization Board of Directors,{{Cite web |title=US HUPO - Board of Directors |url=https://www.ushupo.org/Board-of-Directors |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.ushupo.org}} Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry Board of Directors,{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.casms.org/index.php/board-of-directors |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.casms.org}} and on the editorial board for Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry,{{Cite web |title=Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry |url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/jamsef/editors.html |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=pubs.acs.org |language=en}} Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis{{Cite web |title=Editorial Board - Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis - Journal - Elsevier |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pharmaceutical-analysis/journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pharmaceutical-analysis/editorial-board |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.journals.elsevier.com}} and Frontiers in Biology.{{Cite web |title=Frontiers in Biology Editorial Board |url=https://academic.hep.com.cn/fib/EN/column/column16254.shtml |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=academic.hep.com.cn}} She was the President of the Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2013-2015),{{Cite web |title=CASMS History -- CASMS |url=http://www.casms.org/?action=content&id=1 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=www.casms.org}} and an Associate Editor for Analytical Methods (2013-2016).{{Cite journal |date=2015 |title=Editorial Board profiles |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ay/c4ay90093f |journal=Analytical Methods |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=20–24 |doi=10.1039/C4AY90093F|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Oberbeckmann-Winter |first=Nicola |date=2018-01-01 |title=Meet the contributors |journal=Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |language=en |volume=410 |issue=3 |pages=651–660 |doi=10.1007/s00216-017-0825-5 |issn=1618-2650|doi-access=free |pmid=29279990 }}
Awards
- 2004 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award{{Cite web |title=Research Awards |url=https://www.asms.org/about-asms-awards/research-awards |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=www.asms.org}}
- 2005 National Science Foundation Career Award{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0449991 - CAREER: Development of Integrated MS Strategies for Probing Peptidergic Signaling |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0449991&HistoricalAwards=false |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.nsf.gov |language=en}}
- 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships{{Cite web |title=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |url=https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~haule/Sloan/fellowshiplist.shtml |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=www.physics.rutgers.edu}}
- 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award{{Cite web |title=Pittcon 2011 In Atlanta |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i9/Pittcon-2011-Atlanta.html |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=cen.acs.org}}
- 2014 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Biemann Medal{{Cite web |title=Biemann Medal |url=https://www.asms.org/about-asms-awards/biemann-medal |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=www.asms.org}}
- 2016 Analytical Scientist The Power List - Top 50 most influential women in the analytical sciences{{Cite web |title=Lingjun Li |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/the-power-list-2016/lingjun-li |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
- 2019 Analytical Scientist The Power List{{Cite web |title=Lingjun Li |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/powerlist/2019/lingjun-li |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
- 2021 Analytical Scientist The Power List{{Cite web |title=Lingjun Li |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2021/lingjun-li |access-date=2021-11-29 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
- 2024 Analytical Scientist The Power List, Human Health Heroes{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=The Power List 2024 |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2024 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
Patent applications
- Isobaric tandem mass tags for quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2012) US 9388132 B2{{patent|US|9388132B2|application|Lingjun Li, Feng Xiang, Tyler Greer, Dustin Frost, Zhidan Liang/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: "Isobaric tandem mass tags for quantitative proteomics and peptidomics" filing date 14.09.2012}}
- Mass defect-based multiplex dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO) tags for high-throughput quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2016) AU 2016338691 A1{{patent|AU|2016338691A1|application|Amanda Buchberger Jones, Dustin Frost, Lingjun Li/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: "Mass defect-based multiplex dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO) tags for high-throughput quantitative proteomics and peptidomics" filing date 14.10.2016}}
- Isobaric Multiplex Reagents for Carbonyl Containing Compound High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis (2019) US 20190225559 A1{{patent|US|20190225559A1|application|Lingjun Li, Yu Feng, Bingming Chen, Qinying Yu, Xuefei Zhong, Miyang LI/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: "Isobaric Multiplex Reagents for Carbonyl Containing Compound High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis" filing date 18.01.2019}}
- Development of a Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Simultaneous Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Citrullination Analysis of Complex Biological Samples (2020) US 20210181206 A1{{patent|US|20210181206A1|application|Lingjun Li, Yatao Shi, Zihui Li/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: "Development of a Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Simultaneous Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Citrullination Analysis of Complex Biological Samples" filing date 14.12.2020}}
References
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