Professional Title: Professor Degree: Doctoral degree
Maokun Li is currently a professor at the Microwave and Antenna Institute. He received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2002, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He then worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Schlumberger-Doll Research in Cambridge, MA, USA. In 2014, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing. His interests are in electromagnetic theory and computational electromagnetics, especially in fast, reliable modeling and inversion algorithms for EM wave propagation in complex environments, with applications in geophysical exploration, biomedical imaging, etc. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques. He is also a member of the AP-S membership and benefits committee and serves as the IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer (2023-2025). He received the 2017 IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Award, the 2019 PIERS Young Scientist Award, and the 2021 Instructor Award for Excellent Ph.D. Thesis by the China Education Society of Electronics. He was elected as a Fellow of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) in 2022 and a Fellow of IEEE in 2025.
Work ExperienceEducational ExperienceTsinghua University , Electronic Engineering , Professor
Tsinghua University , Electronic Engineering , Associate Professor
Schlumberger-Doll Research Centre, Cambridge, MA, USA , Senior Research Scientist II
Schlumberger-Doll Research Centre, Cambridge, MA, USA , Senior Research Scientist I
Schlumberger-Doll Research Centre, Cambridge, MA, USA , Research Scientist
Schlumberger-Doll Research Centre, Cambridge, MA, USA , Post-doc research scientist
Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ, USA , Intern student
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Teaching assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Research assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana , Electrical and Computer Engineering , Doctoral Degree in Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana , Electrical and Computer Engineering , Master's Degree in Engineering
Tsinghua University , Electronic Engineering , Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Social AffiliationsMember of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES)
Member of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium in Cambridge, MA, USA, TPC member
IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Reviewer
Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference in Sandai, Japan, Reviewer
"Recent Developments in Model-based Inversion Algorithms" special session for 2011 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium in Spokane, Washington
"Robust and Efficient Electromagnetic Solutions for Large-scale Problems" session for the 2010 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium in Cambridge, MA, USA
Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation，IEEE Antennas and Propagation Letters，IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine，IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation，Inverse Problems，Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications，Progress in Electromagnetic Research，Radio Science，Geophysics
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecture
IEEE Fellow
Fellow of Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES)
PIERS Young Scientist Award
IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Award
Yuen T. Lo Outstanding Research Award UIUC ECE Dept
E. A Reid Fellowship Award UIUC ECE Dept
Henry Ford II Scholar Award UIUC College of Engineering
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