Fengling Li
I completed my Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology at the Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Following my doctoral studies, I began to work with Dr. Ray Wu at Cornell University (1999-2003). I then moved to the NRCC Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon, where I worked as a post-doctoral research fellow with Dr. Adrian Cutler (2003-2006). In 2006, I joined Dr. Ljerka Kunst’s laboratory at the University of British Columbia as a research associate.
My current project focuses on the characterization of
the key enzymes involved in the conversion of fatty acids into hydrocarbons
using genetic and biochemical approaches, and identification of novel
genes involved in lipid metabolism in Arabidopsis.