Wei Li currently works as a doctoral supervisor at the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He holds deputy director of the organization Department, and deputy director of the personnel Department of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. In June 2008, he received a doctor's degree in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics from Nanjing University. From September 2011 to September 2012, he served as the deputy director of the Science and Technology Department in Changzhou. In 2013, he was selected as the young and middle-aged backbone teacher of Jiangsu Province to study overseas talents program. From March 2014 to March 2015, he went to the University of California and the University of San Diego for academic visits and research. From September 2016 to September 2017, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guangling City. From May 2017 to July 2020, he served as the assistant dean of the School of Electronic and Optical Engineering and the School of Microelectronics of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. From July 2020 to January 2023, he served as the deputy dean of the School of Electronic and Optical Engineering and the School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology) of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.