Li Chen is currently a lecturer at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Beijing Normal University in 2014, followed by a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering from the same university in 2017. In September 2019, she went to Rice University in the United States for joint training. In 2021, she received her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University. Her main research areas include the development of novel catalytic ceramic membranes, membrane system optimization, membrane fouling control, and advanced oxidation technologies for water treatment. She has led or participated in several representative research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project (2023-2025), China Postdoctoral Special Support Program (2023-2025), "Research on the Development and Application of Ceramic Membrane Technology in Municipal Water Treatment" under the Young Talent Program of Science and Technology Think Tank (2022-2023), as well as the 70th batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Projects (2021-2023).