Dr. Shaofan Li

Dr. Shaofan Li is a computational engineering and sciences professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Li graduated from the East China University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982; he also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Applied Mechanics (from Huazhong University of Science and Technology) and Aerospace Engineering (from the University of Florida) in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Dr. Li received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1997.

In 2000, Dr. Li joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Li is a member of the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (2025), a recipient of the Fellow Award of the International Association of Computational Mechanics, the USACM Fellow Award (2013), the NSF Career Award (2003), and the ASME 2026 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award. Dr. Li has published more than 280 peer-reviewed scientific papers with an h-index of 61 4Google Scholar) and has co-authored three research monographs/graduate textbooks.