Biographical sketch

Xiangdong Li obtained his Ph. D. in astrophysics from Nanjing University in 1995. Since then he has been working at School of Astronomy and Space Science (previously Department of Astronomy), Nanjing University. He is now a professor working on high-energy astrophysics. He teaches courses of General Astronomy and X-ray Binaries. He is also the director of Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education.

Research Interests

His research interests include the formation and evolution of X-ray binaries, radio pulsars, magnetars and the progenitors of type Ia supernovae. He is also interested in accretion processes in astrophysics.