Liwu Li

970 Washington Street SW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
USA
Major Field of Interest
Molecular and Cellular Mechanism of Human Inflammatory Diseases
Current Research
- Molecular pathways controlling innate immunity and inflammation
- Dynamic programming of innate immune leukocytes
- Pathogenesis of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases such as sepsis and atherosclerosis
- 2019-present: Director, Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- 2009-present: Professor of Inflammation Biology and Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
- 2012-present: Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine
- 2005-2009: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
- 1999-2005: Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
- 1996-1999: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Biological Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 1991-1996: Ph.D. in Biology (Cell and Molecular), Department of Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 2024 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2023 Endowed College of Science Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
- 2023 Elected Fellow of the American Heart Association
- 2021 Regular member, Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation Review Panel, NIH
- 2018-2020 President, Inflammation Research Association
- 2017 Meeting co-organizer, 50th anniversary conference for the Society of Leukocyte Biology
- 2017 Alumni Award in Research Excellence, Virginia Tech
- 2016 Outstanding Research Award, Department of Biological Sciences, VT
- 2015 Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Biological Sciences, VT
- 2014 Outstanding Service Award, Department of Biological Sciences, VT
- 2013 Scholar of the Week, Virginia Tech
- 2012 Scholar of the Week, Virginia Tech
- 2012 Outstanding Research Award, Department of Biological Sciences, VT
- 2008 Elected to the Board of Directors, Inflammation Research Association
- 2005-2008 Regular member, Innate Immunity & Inflammation Review Panel, NIH