Professional Summary
Pengfei Li is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Loyola University Chicago. His academic background includes a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and extensive postdoctoral experience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Yale University. His research, at the intersection of biochemistry and inorganic chemistry, focuses on theoretical and computational studies of metal ions in biological processes. He specializes in developing AI-assisted polarizable models to accurately predict the properties of metal ion-containing systems for applications such as metallodrug design and understanding essential metalloproteins like nitrogenase. His work aims to provide fundamental mechanistic insights for innovative biomedical solutions.