CHUNYAN LI was born in Heilongjiang Province, China, in 1980. She received the B.S. degree in Automation from Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, in 2003, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Since 2010, she has been with Heilongjiang University, where she is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include the design and control of special permanent magnet motors.