Tie Li is a professor and head of the Institute of Power Plants and Automation, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He received his Ph.D. from Kinki University Japan in 2004 and then worked as an assistant professor at Hokkaido University. He joined SJTU as a full professor in 2012. His research interests include energy efficiency and exhaust emissions controls of combustion engines, optical diagnostics for spray combustion, exhaust heat recovery, energy management of hybrid power systems, digital twins, etc. He is a recipient of several academic awards, including the JSAE Medal Award (2009), SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award (2013), Shanghai Pujiang Talent Award (2013), 2016 Annual Best Paper Award of CSICE, ILASS-Asia Best Paper Award (2019), Elsevier Highly Cited Scholar (2014–2021), etc. He is a member of ITTC Specialist on ESM, ICLASS 2021 Academic Committee, and JMSE Editorial Board.