Dr. Lishuai Li is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dept. of Systems Engineering, and Dept. of Data Science at City University of Hong Kong. She also serves as the Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research) at the university. Her interdisciplinary research spans advanced control systems, robotics, intelligent systems, and data science, with a focus on analytical and computational methods for operational excellence in complex systems. Her contributions include the development of distributed control algorithms for multi-agent systems, fault-tolerant control, and resilient system design, with applications in aerospace, air transportation systems, unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM), and other engineering domains.

Dr. Li is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), where she chairs the Air Transportation Section. She has published extensively in leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, and has served in key editorial roles, including Associate Editor for Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Area Editor for Artificial Intelligence for Transportation, and Editorial Board Member for Journal of Air Transport Management, Aerospace, and International Journal of Reliability and Safety.

Dr. Li has made consistent efforts to engage with and contribute to the activities and mission of the IEEE and the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). She has served as a reviewer for IEEE publications and as a technical committee member for several IEEE-related conferences, contributing to the dissemination of cutting-edge research in aerospace and electronic systems. With a global footprint, Dr. Li completed her Ph.D. and M.Sc. at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and her B.Eng. in Aircraft Design and Engineering at Fudan University. She has conducted research at leading institutions in Asia, Europe, and North America, including Delft University of Technology, and gained professional experience at McKinsey & Company in the U.S. Since 2022, Dr. Li has been recognized in Stanford-Elsevier's List of the World's Top 2% Scientists, reflecting her impact on the field.

Dr. Li is deeply committed to fostering global collaboration across sectors and disciplines, mentoring young researchers and engineers, and promoting diversity and inclusion in the aerospace and electronic systems community. Through her work with IEEE and AESS, she aims to advance innovation, enhance international engagement, and address the pressing challenges facing the aerospace and electronic systems domain worldwide.