Curriculum Vitae

Principal Investigator

Tao E. Li

Assistant Professor

Sharp Research Lab, Rm 234
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

taoeli [AT] udel.edu

Google Scholar CV in PDF

Mini-Biography

Tao received his B.S. in Chemistry from Nanjing University in 2016. As an undergraduate, he also spent one semester in Sweden as an Erasmus exchange student. Tao then moved to the U.S. and completed his Ph.D. with Joseph E. Subotnik at the University of Pennsylvania in 2021. During his Ph.D., Tao developed analytical and numerical approaches for weak and strong light-matter interactions. After his Ph.D., Tao worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer at Yale University, studying nuclear quantum effects through multicomponent electronic structure theory.

In January 2024, Tao joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor.

Outside research, Tao enjoys hiking and The Legend of Zelda games.

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Professional Appointments

Jan. 2024 – Current

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware

Aug. 2021 – Dec. 2023

Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Chemistry, Yale University

Advisor: Sharon Hammes–Schiffer

Education

June 2016 – July 2021

University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D., Department of Chemistry

Advisor: Joseph E. Subotnik

Aug. 2015 – Jan. 2016

Uppsala University

Erasmus Exchange Student

Sept. 2012 – June 2016

Nanjing University

B.S., Kuang Yaming Honors School

Advisor: Shuhua Li

Selected Fellowships and Awards

• AWS Cloud Credits for Research, Yale (2023)
• John G. Miller Fellowship, Penn (2020)
• VIEST Graduate Fellowship, Penn (2019)
• Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Scholarship, Uppsala (2015)
• Elite Program Scholarship, First Prize, Nanjing (2014–2015)