He received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University in 2000.Before joining Purdue, he was a Research Associate at Stanford University Computer Science Department for 3 years.Prof. Li's research interests include access control, data privacy, and applied cryptography.He has published over 60 refereed papers in conference proceedings and journals, and has served on the Program Committees of more than three dozen international conferences and workshops.In 2005, he was awarded the NSF CAREER award for proposed work on "Access Control Policy Verification Through Security Analysis And Insider Threat Assessment".