As a condensed matter theorist, Yi Li is interested in exploring exotic quantum phases of matter and their organizing principles, particularly novel topological insulators and topological superconductivity in condensed matter and ultra-cold atom systems, itinerant ferromagnetism, as well as non-perturbative analytic and quantum Monte Carlo approaches to strongly correlated quantum systems.

Selected Awards
• NSF CAREER Award (2019-2024).
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2018-2020).
• PCTS Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2016, Princeton University).
• KITP Graduate Fellow (2012, University of California, Santa Barbara).
• Inamori Fellowship (2012, University of California, San Diego).
• Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Students Academic Achievements Award (2011, Shanghai).
• Excellent Thesis Award and other fellowships (2006-2009, Fudan University).
• Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Award and other fellowships (2003-2006, Fudan University).