XiuJun (James) Li, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with early tenure in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Biomedical Engineering at University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). After he obtained his Ph.D. degree in microfluidic single-cell analysis with Prof. Paul Li from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada in 2008, he pursued his postdoctoral research in integrated microfluidic devices for genetic analysis with Prof. Richard Mathies at University of California Berkeley, and low-cost diagnosis with Prof. George Whitesides at Harvard University, while holding a Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. From 2012, he started his own independent research at UTEP. Dr. Li’s current research interest is centered on the development of innovative microfluidic lab-on-a-chip and nanotechnology for bioanalysis, environmental, catalysis, and biomedical engineering applications, including but not limited to low-cost diagnosis, nano-biosensing, tissue engineering, and single-cell analysis. He has authored/coauthored about 70 publications in high-impact journals (such as Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev, Appl. Catal. B-Environ, Proc. IEEE, Anal. Chem.) and 17 patents, guest edited a thematic issue “Miniaturized platforms and methods for pharmaceutical studies” in Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. He published a book of “Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications” from Elsevier in 2013. He has been invited to serve in 6+ journal editorial boards including Scientific Reports from the Nature Publishing Group. He is the recipient of the “Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award” in 2014, Outstanding Performance Awards from UTEP in 2013-2017 (three times), UT STARS Award in 2012, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow Award (2009), Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Graduate Student Abroad (2004), Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal (SFU) in 2009, UTEP Faculty Research Mentoring Award (2016 & 2018, twice), NIH BUILding Scholar Mentoring Award (2017), and so on. For more information, please visit http://li.utep.edu.