Li Xuerong

Biography

Li Xuerong is currntly workind as a professor and doctoral supervisor, Department of parasitology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Pathogenic Biology from Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he pursued post-doctoral research at Tufts University in the United States of America. In 2003, he moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago where he focused on the parasite research. He was elected as research assistant professor since 2006. In 2010, Dr. Li joined in the department of parasitology, Zhongshan school of medicine, Sun Yat-sen University. He serves as secretary-general at Guangdong Society of Parasitology, member of Endemic Disease Sub-Committee of the Chinese Medical Association, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and American Society of Parasitologists. Dr. Li serves as peer reviewer for many journals including Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Parasitology Research, PLOS ONE, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, et al. In recognition of his accomplishments, he received numerous awards such as: 1) American Society of Hematology (ASH) Award, and he was selected several times for oral presentation in a Simultaneous Oral Session at the Annual Meeting of ASH; 2) Awards of the Science & Technology from Guangdong Province. So far, professor Li has obtained several grants from the Ministry of Education and Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, and has participated in National Basic Research Program(973 program: “Pathogenesis and Prevention & Control Research of China Important Food-borne Parasitic Diseases). He has published more than 50 articles with more than 30 articles published in international journals, edited several books, and 2 international patents.

Research Interest

His contributions include: 1) Finding the importance role of human red blood cell Band 3 protein in malaria Plasmodium falciparum invasion; elucidation of the cellular and molecular basis for malaria parasite invasion of the human red blood cell, which help lay the foundation for development of novel anti-malarial drug and vaccine; 2) The pathogenesis and prevention of parasitic food-borne diseases, especially the mechanisms of Clonorchis sinensis-induced liver fibrosis.