Dr. Haitao Li received his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Shandong University in 1997 and his doctorate degree in molecular biophysics at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. He then performed his postdoctoral research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 2006. Li joined Tsinghua University as a tenure-track associate professor in 2010 and became full professor with tenure in 2016. Dr. Li currently serves as Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences, the Deputy Director of Beijing Frontier Research Center of Biological Structure, and the Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology. His research is focused on gaining molecular and mechanistic insights into epigenetic regulation impacting on human health and disease. His major contribution to science has been the elucidation of the molecular basis underlying modification-dependent histone/DNA recognition and catalysis by epigenetic factors, such as PHD finger and YEATS domains. Dr. Li has authored more than 110 scientific publications that have received over 15,000 citations. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the CC Tan Life Science Innovation Award, Promega Innovation Award for Cell Biology, the Young Scholar of China Award in Cancer Research, the Wuxi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Awards, Mao Yi-sheng Science and Technology Award for Beijing Youth, the HFSP Young Investigators Grant Award, and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, Changjiang Distinguished Professor, the Beijing Natural Science Second Prize, among others.