Wei Li received his B.S. at Huazhong Agricultural University, China. He was enrolled as a Ph.D. student at Jilin University, China in 2006 and pursued his training as a joint Ph.D. student at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA during 2009 to 2011. He began his research career at Northeast Agricultural University, China in 2012, first as an associate professor and then a professor (2016 to the present). He was also a senior visiting scholar at Medical Clinic 1 of University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany during 2017 to 2018. Prof. Li's current research focuses are on the molecular mechanisms of interspecies transmission and pathogenicity of some important zoonotic protozoan parasites, majorly Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and microsporidia. Prof. Li has published over 80 original papers and book chapters.