Chao Li is an associate professor at the College of Environment, Hohai University, and vice director of the Wastewater Resource Recycling and Low-Carbon Development Technology Research Institute. He received his BSc at the School of Life Science, Fudan University. Then, he completed his MSc and PhD at the School of Environment, Nanjing University. His research interests include wastewater treatment and reuse, microbial fuel cells, and denitrification.