Guang Li earned his PhD in genetics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he worked on the epigenetic regulation of plant phase development. He then completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University, studying heart development using single-cell approaches. Dr. Li generated the first single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the early mouse embryonic heart. He joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 and has co-authored 29 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Li was also awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award. Currently, his lab focuses on single-cell analysis of developing mouse hearts and creating four-chambered organoids using human iPSCs. Additionally, his lab models congenital heart defects such as Ebstein's anomaly and studies neonatal heart regeneration.

Dr. Li’s lab is in the Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.