Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
Na Li is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Connecticut (UConn). She received her bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Engineering from South China University of Technology, and Ph.D. degree in Food Chemistry at Purdue University, followed by postdoctoral training in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue. Prior to joining UConn, she also worked at Crystal Pharmatech Inc. working on solid-state chemistry and crystal form selection of small molecule drugs. Her lab group, started in 2019 at UConn, focuses on understanding the permeability and absorption of poorly soluble drugs, process stability and phase behavior, as well as microbial metabolism of oral drugs. She currently serves on the editorial board of Molecular Pharmaceutics.