• BS, Environmental chemistry, Nanjing University, 1996
• MS, Environmental chemistry, Nanjing University, 1999
• MA, Environmental Engineering & Water Resources, Princeton University, 2001
• Ph D, Environmental Engineering & Water Resources, Princeton University, 2005

Journal Articles

Dacheng Xiao, Susan L Brantley and Li Li, 2021, "Vertical Connectivity Regulates Water Transit Time and Chemical Weathering at the Hillslope Scale", Water Resources Research, 57, (8)

Hang Wen, Susan L Brantley, Kenneth J Davis, Jonathan M Duncan and Li Li, 2021, "The Limits of Homogenization: What Hydrological Dynamics can a Simple Model Represent at the Catchment Scale?", Water Resources Research, 57, (6)

Leila Saberi, G.-H. Crystal Ng, Leah Nelson, Wei Zhi, Li Li, Jeff La Frenierre and Morgan Johnstone, 2021, "Spatiotemporal Drivers of Hydrochemical Variability in a Tropical Glacierized Watershed in the Andes", Water Resources Research, 57, (5)

Wei Zhi, Dapeng Feng, Wen-Ping Tsai, Gary Sterle, Adrian Harpold, Chaopeng Shen and Li Li, 2021, "From Hydrometeorology to River Water Quality: Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale?", Environmental Science & Technology, 55, (4), pp. 2357-2368

Li Li, Pamela L. Sullivan, Paolo Benettin, Olaf A. Cirpka, Kevin Bishop, Susan L Brantley, Knapp, Julia L. A., van Meerveld, Ilja, Andrea Rinaldo, Jan Seibert, Hang Wen and James W. Kirchner, 2021, "Toward catchment hydro-biogeochemical theories", WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER, 8, (1)

Wei Zhi, Kenneth H. Williams, Rosemary W. Carroll, Wendy Brown, Wenming Dong, Devon Kerins and Li Li, 2020, "Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed", Communications Earth & Environment, 1, (1)

Wei Zhi and Li Li, 2020, "The Shallow and Deep Hypothesis: Subsurface Vertical Chemical Contrasts Shape Nitrate Export Patterns from Different Land Uses", Environmental Science & Technology, 54, (19), pp. 11915-11928

M. Botter, Li Li, J. Hartmann, P. Burlando and S. Fatichi, 2020, "Depth of Solute Generation Is a Dominant Control on Concentration-Discharge Relations", Water Resources Research, 56, (8)

Bonnie McDevitt, Michael Cavazza, Richard Beam, Eric Cavazza, William D Burgos, Li Li and Nathaniel R. Warner, 2020, "Maximum Removal Efficiency of Barium, Strontium, Radium, and Sulfate with Optimum AMD-Marcellus Flowback Mixing Ratios for Beneficial Use in the Northern Appalachian Basin", Environmental Science & Technology, 54, (8), pp. 4829-4839

Bonnie McDevitt, Michael Cavazza, Richard Beam, Eric Cavazza, William D Burgos, Li Li and Nathaniel R. Warner, 2020, "Maximum Removal Efficiency of Barium, Strontium, Radium, and Sulfate with Optimum AMD-Marcellus Flowback Mixing Ratios for Beneficial Use in the Northern Appalachian Basin", ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 54, (8), pp. 4829-4839

Jason Kaye, Susan Brantley, Jennifer Williams, Li Li and SSHCZO team, 2019, "Proposed Best Practices for Collaboration at Cross-disciplinary Observatories.", Biogeosciences

Dacheng Xiao, Yuning Shi, Susan L Brantley, Brandon Forsythe, Roman DiBiase, Kenneth J Davis and Li Li, 2019, "Streamflow generation from catchments of contrasting lithologies: the role of soil properties, topography, and catchment size", Water Resources Research

Wei Zhi, Li Li, Wenming Dong, Wendy Brown, Jason Philip Kaye, Carl Steefel and Kenneth H Williams, 2019, "Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns", Water Resources Research

Samantha Weintraub, Alejandro N Flores, William R Wieder, Debjani Sihi, Claudia Cagnarini, Gon\ccalves, Daniel Ruiz Potma, Michael H Young, Li Li, Yaniv Olshansky, Roland Baatz and others, 2019, "Leveraging Environmental Research and Observation Networks to Advance Soil Carbon Science", Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Leila Saberi, Rachel T McLaughlin, GH Crystal Ng, Jeff La Frenierre, Andrew D Wickert, Michel Baraer, Wei Zhi, Li Li and Bryan G Mark, 2019, "Multi-scale temporal variability in meltwater contributions in a tropical glacierized watershed", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, (1), pp. 405--425

Hang Wen and Li Li, 2018, "An upscaled rate law for mineral dissolution in heterogeneous media: The role of time and length scales", geochemica et cosmochimica Acta, 235, pp. 1--20

Zhang Cai, Hang Wen and Li Li, 2018, "Clay Distribution Patterns Regulate Natural Attenuation of Marcellus Shale Waters in Natural Aquifers", Energy & Fuels, 32, (9), pp. 9672--9682

Hang Wen, Zezhen Pan, Daniel Giammar and Li Li, 2018, "Enhanced Uranium Immobilization by Phosphate Amendment under Variable Geochemical and Flow Conditions: Insights from Reactive Transport Modeling", Environmental science \& technology, 52, (10), pp. 5841--5850

Pamela L Sullivan, M.W. Stops, G.L. Macpherson, Li Li, D. R. Hirmas and W. K. Dodds, 2018, "How landscape heterogeneity governs stream water concentration-discharge behavior in carbonate terrains (Konza Prairie, USA)", Chemical Geology

Yiwei Cheng, Yuxin Wu, Hang Wen, Christopher G Hubbard, Anna L Engelbrektson, Lauren Tom, Li Li, Yvette Piceno, Markus Bill, Gary Andersen and others, 2018, "Microbial Sulfate Reduction and Perchlorate Inhibition in a Novel Mesoscale Tank Experiment", Energy \& Fuels, 32, (12), pp. 12049--12065

Zhang Cai, Hang Wen, Sridhar Komarnenic and Li Li, 2018, "Mineralogy controls on reactive transport of Marcellus Shale waters", Science of The Total Environment, 630, pp. 1573--1582

Li Wang, Hang Wen and Li Li, 2018, "Scale dependence of surface complexation capacity and rates in heterogeneous media.", Science of The Total Environment, 635, pp. 1547--1555

12. Baatz, R., Sullivan, P. L., Li, L. and and others, 2018, "Steering operational synergies in terrestrial observation networks: opportunity for advancing Earth system dynamics modelling", Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, pp. 593--609

Susan L Brantley, Tim White, Nicole West, Jennifer Z Williams, Brandon Forsythe, Dan Shapich, Jason Philip Kaye, Henry Lin, Yuning Shi, Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Li Li and others, 2018, "Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the context of Shaver’s Creek watershed", Vadose Zone Journal, 17, (1)

Li Li, Roman DiBiase, Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Virginia Marcon, Beth Hoagland, Dacheng Xiao, Callum Wayman, Qicheng Tang, Yuting He, Perri Silverhart and others, 2018, "The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory", Vadose Zone Journal, 17, (1)

Yiwei Cheng, Christopher G. Hubbard, Liange Zheng, Bhavna Arora, Li Li, Ulas Karaoz, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin and Nicholas J. Bouskill, 2018, "Next generation modeling of microbial souring – Parameterization through genomic information", International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 126, pp. 189-203

Peyman Heidari, Li Li, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Z Williams and Susan L Brantley, 2017, "A reactive transport model for Marcellus shale weathering", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 217, (Supplement C), pp. 421-440

Hang Wen and Li Li, 2017, "An upscaled rate law for magnesite dissolution in heterogeneous porous media", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 210, pp. 289-305

Li Li, Kate Maher, Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Jenny Druhan, Christof Meile, Corey Lawrence, Joel Moore, Julia Perdrial, Pamela Sullivan, Aaron Thompson, Lixin Jin, Edward W. Bolton, Susan L Brantley, William E. Dietrich, K. Ulrich Mayer, Carl I. Steefel, Albert Valocchi, John Zachara, Benjamin Kocar, Jennifer McIntosh, Benjamin M. Tutolo, Mukesh Kumar, Eric Sonnenthal, Chen Bao and Joe Beisman, 2017, "Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes", Earth-Science Reviews, 165, pp. 280-301

Yiwei Cheng, Christopher G Hubbard, Liange Zheng, Bhavna Arora, Li Li, Ulas Karaoz, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin and Nicholas J Bouskill, 2017, "Next generation modeling of microbial souring--Parameterization through genomic information", International Biodeterioration \& Biodegradation

Chen Bao, Li Li, Yuning Shi and Christopher J Duffy, 2017, "Understanding watershed hydrogeochemistry: 1. Development of RT-Flux-PIHM", Water Resources Research, 53, (3), pp. 2328--2345

Li Li, Chen Bao, Pamela L Sullivan, Susan L Brantley, Yuning Shi and Christopher J Duffy, 2017, "Understanding watershed hydrogeochemistry: 2. Synchronized hydrological and geochemical processes drive stream chemostatic behavior", Water Resources Research, 53, (3), pp. 2346--2367

Qiao, C., R.T. Johns, and Li Li, 2016, "Modeling low salinity flooding in mineralogically different carbonate reservoirs", Energy & Fuels

Jean-Patrick Leopold Brunet, Li Li, Zuleima Karpyn and Nicolas J. Huerta, 2016, "Fracture opening or self-sealing: Critical residence time as a unifying parameter for cement–CO2–brine interactions", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 47, pp. 25-37

Yiwei Cheng, Christopher G. Hubbard, Li Li, Nicholas Bouskill, Sergi Molins, Liange Zheng, Eric Sonnenthal, Mark E. Conrad, Anna Engelbrektson, John D. Coates and Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin, 2016, "Reactive Transport Model of Sulfur Cycling as Impacted by Perchlorate and Nitrate Treatments", Environmental Science & Technology!!!, 50, (13), pp. 7010–7018

Peilin Cao, Zuleima Karpyn and Li Li, 2016, "The role of host rock properties in determining potential CO2 migration pathways", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 45, pp. 18-26

Zhang Cai and Li Li, 2016, "How long do natural waters “remember” release incidents of Marcellus Shale waters: a first order approximation using reactive transport modeling", Geochemical Transactions, 17, (1), pp. 6

Changhe Qiao, Russell Taylor Johns and Li Li, 2016, "Modeling Low-Salinity Waterflooding in Chalk and Limestone Reservoirs", Energy & Fuels, 30, (2), pp. 884--895

Susan Carroll, J. William Carey, David Dzombak, Nicolas J. Huerta, Li Li, Tom Richard, Wooyong Um, Stuart D. C. Walsh and Liwei Zhang, 2016, "Review: Role of chemistry, mechanics, and transport on well integrity in CO2 storage environments", International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 49, pp. 149--160

Hang Wen, Li Li, Dustin Crandall and Alexandra Hakala, 2016, "Where Lower Calcite Abundance Creates More Alteration: Enhanced Rock Matrix Diffusivity Induced by Preferential Dissolution", Energy & Fuels, 30, (5), pp. 4197--4208

Changhe Qiao, Li Li, Russell Taylor Johns, Jinchao Xu and others, 2015, "A mechanistic model for wettability alteration by chemically tuned waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs", SPE Journal, 20, (04), pp. 767--783

Changhe Qiao, Li Li, Russell Taylor Johns and Jinchao Xu, 2015, "Compositional Modeling of Dissolution-Induced Injectivity Alteration During CO2 Flooding in Carbonate Reservoirs", SPE Journal

Li Wang and Li Li, 2015, "Illite spatial distribution patterns dictate Cr (VI) sorption macrocapacity and macrokinetics", Environmental science \& technology, 49, (3), pp. 1374--1383

Peilin Cao, Zuleima Karpyn and Li Li, 2015, "Self-healing of cement fractures under dynamic flow of CO2-rich brine", Water Resources Research, 51, (6), pp. 4684--4701

Fatemeh Salehikhoo and Li Li, 2015, "The role of magnesite spatial distribution patterns in determining dissolution rates: When do they matter?", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 155, pp. 107--121

Christopher Duffy, Yuning Shi, Ken Davis, Rudy Slingerland,, Li Li, Pamela L Sullivan, Yves Godd\'eris, Susan and L Brantley, 2014, "Designing a Suite of Models to Explore Critical Zone Function", Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 10, pp. 7--15

Li Zhang, Danning Li, Li Li and D. Lu, 2014, "Development of a new compositional model with multi-component sorption isotherm and slip flow in tight gas reservoirs", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 21, pp. 1061--1072

Yuxin Wu, Vikranth Kumar Surasani, Li Li and Susan Sharpless Hubbard, 2014, "Geophysical monitoring and reactive transport simulations of bioclogging processes induced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides", Geophysics, 79, (1), pp. E61--E73

Christopher G Hubbard, Yiwei Cheng, Anna Engelbrekston, Jennifer L Druhan, Li Li, Jonathan B Ajo-Franklin, John D Coates and Mark E Conrad, 2014, "Isotopic insights into microbial sulfur cycling in oil reservoirs", Frontiers in microbiology, 5, pp. 480

Peyman Heidari and Li Li, 2014, "Solute transport in low-heterogeneity sandboxes: The role of correlation length and permeability variance", Water Resources Research, 50, (10), pp. 8240--8264

Li Li, Fatemeh Salehikhoo, Susan L Brantley and Peyman Heidari, 2014, "Spatial zonation limits magnesite dissolution in porous media", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 126, pp. 555--573

Chen Bao, Hongfei Wu, Li Li, Darrell Newcomer, Philip E Long and Kenneth H Williams, 2014, "Uranium bioreduction rates across scales: Biogeochemical hot moments and hot spots during a biostimulation experiment at Rifle, Colorado", Environmental science \& technology, 48, (17), pp. 10116--10127

Vilcaez, Javier, Li Li and Susan S Hubbard, 2013, "A new model for the biodegradation kinetics of oil droplets: application to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico", Geochemical transactions, 14, (1), pp. 4

Vikranth K Surasani, Li Li, Jonathan B Ajo-Franklin, Chris Hubbard, Susan S Hubbard and Yuxin Wu, 2013, "Bioclogging and Permeability Alteration by L. mesenteroides in a Sandstone Reservoir: A Reactive Transport Modeling Study", Energy & Fuels, 27, (11), pp. 6538--6551

Peilin Cao, Zuleima Karpyn and Li Li, 2013, "Dynamic alterations in wellbore cement integrity due to geochemical reactions in CO2-rich environments", Water Resources Research, 49, (7), pp. 4465--4475

Jean-Patrick Leopold Brunet, Li Li, Zuleima Karpyn, Barbara G Kutchko, Brian Strazisar and Grant Bromhal, 2013, "Dynamic evolution of cement composition and transport properties under conditions relevant to geological carbon sequestration", Energy & Fuels, 27, (8), pp. 4208--4220

Fatemeh Salehikhoo, Li Li and Susan L Brantley, 2013, "Magnesite Dissolution Rates at Different Spatial Scales: the Role of Mineral Spatial Distribution and Flow Velocity", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Vilcaez, J., Li, L., Wu, D., and S. S. Hubbard, 2013, "Reactive transport modeling of induced selective plugging by L. Mesenteroides in carbonate formations.", Geomicrobiology Journal, 30, pp. 813--828

Liwei Zhang, David A Dzombak, David V Nakles, Jean-Patrick Leopold Brunet and Li Li, 2013, "Reactive Transport Modeling of Interactions between Acid Gas (CO2+ H2S) and Pozzolan-Amended Wellbore Cement under Geologic Carbon Sequestration Conditions", Energy & Fuels, 27, (11), pp. 6921--6937

Evan Frye, Chen Bao, Li Li and Seth A Blumsack, 2012, "Environmental Controls of Cadmium Desorption during CO2 Leakage", Environmental science & technology, 46, (8), pp. 4388--4395

Li Li, Nitin Gawande, Michael B Kowalsky, Carl I Steefel and Susan S Hubbard, 2011, "Physicochemical Heterogeneity Controls on Uranium Bioreduction Rates at the Field Scale", Environmental science & technology

Kamini Singha, Li Li, Frederick D Day-Lewis and Aaron B Regberg, 2011, "Quantifying solute transport processes: Are chemically “conservative” tracers electrically conservative?", Geophysics, 76, (1), pp. F53--F63

Li Li, Carl I Steefel, Michael B Kowalsky, Andreas Englert and Susan S Hubbard, 2010, "Effects of physical and geochemical heterogeneities on mineral transformation and biomass accumulation during biostimulation experiments at Rifle, Colorado", Journal of contaminant hydrology, 112, (1-4), pp. 45--63

Jinsong Chen, Hubbard, S. S., Williams, K. H., Pride, S., Li, L., Steefel, C., Slater and L, 2009, "A state-space Bayesian framework for estimating biogeochemical transformations using time-lapse geophysical data"

A Englert, SS Hubbard, KH Williams, Li Li and CI Steefel, 2009, "Feedbacks between hydrological heterogeneity and bioremediation induced biogeochemical transformations", Environmental science & technology, 43, (14), pp. 5197--5204

Li Li, Carl I Steefel, Kenneth H Williams, Michael J Wilkins and Susan S Hubbard, 2009, "Mineral transformation and biomass accumulation associated with uranium bioremediation at Rifle, Colorado", Environmental science \& technology, 43, (14), pp. 5429--5435

Carl I Steefel, Kenneth H Williams, Li Yang and Li Li, 2009, "Thermodynamic controls on the bioreduction of U, V, and Fe", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, 73, pp. A1265

Li Li, Carl I Steefel and Li Yang, 2008, "Mineral dissolution kinetics at the pore scale"

Li Li, Carl I Steefel and Li Yang, 2008, "Scale dependence of mineral dissolution rates within single pores and fractures", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, (2), pp. 360--377

Li Li, Catherine A Peters and Michael A Celia, 2007, "Applicability of averaged concentrations in determining geochemical reaction rates in heterogeneous porous media", American Journal of Science, 307, (10), pp. 1146--1166

Li Li, CA Peters and MA Celia, 2007, "Effects of mineral spatial distribution on reaction rates in porous media", WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 43, (1), pp. W01419

Li Li, Catherine A Peters and Michael A Celia, 2007, "Reply to" Comment on upscaling geochemical reaction rates using pore-scale network modeling" by Peter C. Lichtner and Qinjun Kang", Advances in Water Resources, 30, (3), pp. 691--695

Li Li, Catherine A Peters and Michael A Celia, 2006, "Upscaling geochemical reaction rates using pore-scale network modeling", 29, (9), pp. 1351--1370

Susan H Xu, Li Li, Y Tan, J Feng, Z Wei and Li Wang, 2000, "Prediction and qsar analysis of toxicity to Photobacterium phosphoreum for a group of heterocyclic nitrogen compounds", Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 64, (3), pp. 316--322

Li Li, LS Wang, SK Han and Zhihua Zhang, 1999, "Comparison of four methods of predicting newly measured octanol/water coefficients (log k(ow)) for heterocyclic nitrogen compounds and the partition mechanism", ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 18, (12), pp. 2723--2728

Li Li, Hong Yang, Yanbing Ding, Liansheng Wang and Zheng Zhang, 1999, "Prediction of log KW using mcis and LSER methods for heterocyclic nitrogen compounds", Journal of liquid chromatography \& related technologies, 22, (6), pp. 897--907

Hang Wen, Julia Perdrial, Susana Bernal, Benjamin W Abbott, Remi Dupas, Sarah E Godsey, Adrian Harpold, Donna Rizzo, Kristen Underwood, Thomas Adler and Li Li, , "Temperature controls production but hydrology controls export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale"

Adam N. Wlostowski, Noah Molotch, Suzanne P. Anderson, Susan L Brantley, Jon Chorover, David Dralle, Praveen Kumar, Li Li, Kathleen A. Lohse, John M. Mallard, Jennifer C. McIntosh, Sheila F. Murphy, Eric Parrish, Mohammad Safeeq, Mark Seyfried, Yuning Shi and Ciaran Harman, , "Signatures of Hydrologic Function Across the Critical Zone Observatory Network", Water Resources Research

Wei Zhi, Yuning Shi, Hang Wen, Leila Saberi, Gene-Hua Crystal Ng, Kayalvizhi Sadayappan, Devon Kerins, Bryn Stewart and Li Li, , "BioRT-Flux-PIHM v1.0: a biogeochemical reactive transport model at the watershed scale", Geoscientific Model Development, 15, (1), pp. 315-333

Hang Wen, Pamela L. Sullivan, Gwendolyn L. Macpherson, Sharon A. Billings and Li Li, , "Deepening roots can enhance carbonate weathering by amplifying CO₂-rich recharge", Biogeosciences, 18, (1), pp. 55-75

Leila Saberi, Rachel T. McLaughlin, G.-H. Crystal Ng, Jeff La Frenierre, Andrew D. Wickert, Michel Baraer, Wei Zhi, Li Li and Bryan G. Mark, , "Multi-scale temporal variability in meltwater contributions in a tropical glacierized watershed", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, (1), pp. 405-425

• Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS) outstanding research award,, Penn State University, August 2019

• Commission for Woman Achieving Women Award (Faculty category), Penn State Univeristy, April 2017

• Invited participant for the US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, September 2015

• Wilson award for excellence in teaching, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), Penn State Univ., April 2015

• Wilson initiation award, College of EMS, Penn State Univeristy, April 2010

Service to Penn State:

Service to External Organizations:

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizing a conference session, AGU fall meeting, April 2018 - December 2018

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizing a conference session, AGU fall meeting, April 2017 - December 2017

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizing a conference session, AGU fall meeting, April 2016 - December 2016

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizing a conference session, AGU fall meeting, April 2015 - December 2015

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, Organizing a conference session, AGU fall meeting, April 2013 - December 2013