He obtained his Ph. D. of aquaculture nutrition in 2008 as a co-cultural doctoral student of East China Normal University and Station de Biologie Marine (Concarneau), Muséum National d\\\\Histoire Naturelle, France. During June, 2010 to July, 2011 He worked as a post-doc at the Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit of the United Stated Department of Agriculture. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Li has published about 100 articles covering aquaculture, aquaculture nutrition and physiology, and related topics in famous international and Chinese journals. Currently he is focusing on the study of the relationship between stress and nutrition in aquatic animals.