Li-Ying Hao was born in Jilin, China. She received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in control theory and control engineering from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. From 2013 to 2017, she was with Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China. Since 2017, she has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Automation, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian. Her current research interests include robust fault-tolerant control, sliding-mode control, and deep learning, with an emphasis on applications in marine vehicles.