Dr. Li received his B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1996, M.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, he was a research associate at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. From 2007 to 2011, he was a researcher at the National ICT Australia, Victoria Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne. He joined UTS in 2011, and currently, he is an Associate Professor. Dr. Li held several visiting positions at Beijing Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, and UNSW@ADFA. His research interests are control theory and power system control. He has authored or co-authored more than 235 publications, including international journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book chapters, and technical reports. He was the General Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of the 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2017), Associate Editor in the technical program committee for the Australian Control Conference 2015 and 2016; Associate Editor in the technical program committee for the Australian & New Zealand Control Conference 2017, Session Chair/co-chair: Conference on Decision and Control, 2010; American Control Conference 2012; IFAC World Congress, 2008; Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, 2015; IFAC World Congress, 2017. He is an Associate Editor of IET GTD, IET Smart Grid, IET Renewable Power Generation, and Guest Editor of IET Smart Cities. Dr. Li has handled many research projects of state Government and other organizations of Australia such as (i) MyTown Microgrid: a community and data-driven feasibility; (ii) Optimal Design of Solar Photovoltaic & Concentrated Solar Power System for Coal-Fired Power; (iii) Plant-wide power and energy system optimization for coal preparation; (iv) Vibration Analysis and Control of Clunking Noise for Digital Products; (v)Experimentation and Evaluation of Clunking Noise Control Strategies; and (vi) Farm-wide microgrid decision support system for the Australian cotton industry.