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A Brief CV of Cai Heng Li

Qualifications: MSc (Chinese Academy of Science), PhD (The University of Western Australia), FTICA
Research interests: Algebraic Combinatorics, and finite group theory.
I was born in Yunnan, China, and I recieved my MSc degree of mathematics from The Institute of System Science, Chinese Academy of Science. Then I did my PhD from 1993 to 1996 at The University of Western Australia, under supervision of Professor C.E. Praeger.
    1997 -- 2000, University Postdoctoral Research Fellow (UWA);
    2000 -- 2002, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ARC);
    2003 -- 2008, QEII Research Fellow (ARC);
    2004 -- 2005, Associate Professor (Ohio State University);
    2003 -- 2007, Associate Professor (UWA).
    2008 -- , Professor (UWA).
A Kirkman Medal
    Cai Heng Li was awarded a 1998 Kirkman Medal by The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.

    (The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications is an international mathematical society; the Kirkman Medal recognizes distinguished contributions to combinatorial research by members of the ICA in the early stages of their research careers.)

    Citation: Cai Heng Li is a creative and prolific mathematician with broad interests. His strong mathematical background, organization, initiative, and energy have led to a publication list impressive in terms of quantity, and littered with first-rate results achieved via a thorough understanding of a large body of algebraic and combanitorial methods. Li is very creative and zealous in seeking out new research problem to be attacked. Over the past a few years he has mastered a wide range of powerful mathematical tools to aid him in his research.

Research Fellowships
    1997 -- 2000, University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of UWA
    2000 -- 2002, ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    2003 -- 2008, QEII Research Fellowship of ARC
Large ARC (Australian Research Council) Research Grants
    ARC large grant (2001, 2002, 2003), with Cheryl E. Praeger
    ARC Discovery Project Grant (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
    ARC Discovery Project Grant (2004, 2005, 2006), with Cheryl E. Praeger and M. Giudici
    ARC Discovery Project Grant (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), with C. E. Praeger, M. Giudici and T. Pentilla

Academic Activities
    Key note talks and Invited talks:

    . June 1999, The 4th Slovenian International Conference in Graph Theory (Bled, Slovenia);

    . July 1999, (Session: Group Actions and Geometric Themes in Group Theory) Aust. Math. Soc. 43rd Annual Conference -- Joint Meeting with Amer. Math. Soc. (Melbourne, Australia);

    . May 2000, The 3th International Conference on Graph Theory and Its Applications (Nanjing, China);

    . December 2000, (Session: Combinatorics and Graph Theory) AMS-HKMS conference (Hong Kong);

    . June 2001, CAS International Conference on Graph Theory and Combinatorics (Kunming, China);

    . July 2001, Graph Embeddings and Maps on Surfaces (Bratislava, Slovakia).

    . September 2001, (Session: Algebra) Aust. Math. Soc. 45rd Annual Conference -- Joint Meeting with Amer. Math. Soc. (Canberra, Australia).

    . June 2002, International Conference on Graph Embeddings and Combinatorics (the Second Cross-Strait Conference on Graphs and Combinatorics), (Taipei).

    . May 2004, Amalgams for Graphs and Geometries, Oberwolfach, Germany

    . June 2004, The International Workshop on Group Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics, Beijing.

    . August 2005, Third Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Shanghai.

    . May 2005, The Second Annual Conference on Computation and Logic, Kunming, China.

    . November 2005, Lie Theory, Lattices and Dynamics, Newcastle, Australia.