Biography

Bin Li obtained the B.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from Tianjin University in 1999, 2002 and 2005 respectively. He was ever an academic visitor of the University of Manchester, U.K. from Sept to Dec in 2006. And he worked in the design and application of protection relays as a research fellow, in AREVA Company U.K. from Sept 2008 to Sept 2009. Now he is a professor of Tianjin University, which is one of the most famous universities in China.
Bin Li has been engaged in the research of protection and control of smart grid. He is an IET FELLOW and IEEE senior member. He has made significant contribution and built up an outstanding international reputation on protection and control of Ultra / Extra high voltage transmission system. He proposed novel principles of current differential protection and distance protection for EHV and UHV transmission lines based on the Bergeron line model. Cooperating with protective device manufacturing enterprises, the developed the differential protection and distance protection devices have been applied to the first 1000kV transmission line in China. Besides, Bin Li was one of the first researchers to develop novel models, principles and equipment of protection and fault ride-through for VSC-HVDC transmission systems. In this field, his researches have been widely applied by academic communities, and the research outcome has been further applied in industrial projects funded by National Grid of China, Nari-Relays, ABB, ALSTOM, et al.
Bin Li has published 8 books as an author or co-author. He was the first to publish academic monographs on relay protection for ultra-high voltage transmission systems and flexible DC systems. Besides, the college textbook for relay protection he wrote are used in hundreds of universities or colleges across China and has been awarded the National Excellent Textbook Prize. Bin Li is a member of the editorial board of many important journals, including IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, International Journal of Green Energy, Energy and AI, etc. He has more than 70 invention patents and published more than 180 academic international journal papers. He is Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers and awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He was selected in lifelong science impact list of the top 2% of global scientists (1960-2022).
Currently he is the vice president of Tianjin University and also the head of the Smart Grid Protection and Control research team. He is a principle investigator of some on-going research projects in this area supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China and the industry.