About me

Juan Li (李娟) is an Assistant Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (since September 2022), in the Centre of Excellence for One Health and Environmental Sustainability, Academy of Life and Natural Sciences.

She received a BSc in Biological Sciences (2002–2006) and a PhD in Zoology (2006–2012) from Peking University. Her subsequent appointments included postdoctoral research at Peking University (2012–2014), the University of California, Berkeley / Panthera (2015–2018), and Westlake University (September 2020–August 2022), as well as a visiting scholar appointment at Berkeley (2018–2019).

Her research began with snow leopards on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. She asks where wildlife can persist and recover, working in four connected directions:

From snow leopards to surrogate species
Historical baselines and wildlife recovery
Human footprint and pressure release
Open data, spatial models and AI

Academic service includes the Youth Editorial Board of Biodiversity Science, Guest Editor for a snow leopard special issue of Integrative Conservation, and Deputy Programme Director of the MRes programme at XJTLU. She is an AI Mentor in the XJTLU AI Mentorship Programme (2025–26 and 2026–27).

Current research, publications and contact information: juanli.me.

ORCID: 0000-0003-1147-2188.

Postal address: Room ES345, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 215123 Suzhou, China

Email address: Juan.Li@xjtlu.edu.cn