He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Dr. Deying Li teachs "Turfgrass Science and Management", "Sport Turf Management", and "Advanced Turf Science and Management". His research areas include soil physics, turfgrass physiology, and stress problems in golf and sports turf root zones. He has published over 50 peer reviewed papers on these subjects. The title of his presentation is "Comparison of Thermal Properties of Athletic Field Root Zone Media".