astronomy

Lingjun Li

Lingjun Li is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lingjun Li rather than just read about it. In short: Lingjun Li is a Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She develops mass spectrometry based tools to study neuropeptides, peptide hormones and neurotransmitters.

Key takeaways

Lingjun Li belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lingjun Li to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lingjun Li from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lingjun Li is a Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She develops mass spectrometry based tools to study neuropeptides, peptide hormones and neurotransmitters.

Early life and education Li was born in Beijing, China in 1969. She graduated from Beijing University of Technology in 1992, and did an internship at Environment Canada. She received a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, under the direction of Jonathan Sweedler.

Career From 2000 to 2002, Li conducted postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richard Smith), Brandeis University (Eve Marder), and University of Illinois (Jonathan Sweedler). She then joined University of Wisconsin-Madison as Assistant Professor in 2002. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008, and Full Professor in 2012. She has been appointed as a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor since 2015, and Charles Melbourne Johnson Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She serves on the US Human Proteome Organization Board of Directors, Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry Board of Directors, and on the editorial board for Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Frontiers in Biology. She was the President of the Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2013-2015), and an Associate Editor for Analytical Methods (2013-2016).

Awards 2004 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award 2005 National Science Foundation Career Award 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award 2014 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Biemann Medal 2016 Analytical Scientist The Power List - Top 50 most influential women in the analytical sciences 2019 Analytical Scientist The Power List 2021 Analytical Scientist The Power List 2024 Analytical Scientist The Power List, Human Health Heroes 2026 U.S. Human Proteome Organization The Catherine E. Costello Award for Exemplary Achievements in Proteomics

Patent applications Isobaric tandem mass tags for quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2012) US 9388132 B2 Mass defect-based multiplex dimethyl pyrimidinyl ornithine (DiPyrO) tags for high-throughput quantitative proteomics and peptidomics (2016) AU 2016338691 A1 Isobaric Multiplex Reagents for Carbonyl Containing Compound High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis (2019) US 20190225559 A1 Development of a Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Simultaneous Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Citrullination Analysis of Complex Biological Samples (2020) US 20210181206 A1

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lingjun Li

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lingjun Li claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lingjun Li before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lingjun Li ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lingjun Li

In research: Lingjun Li appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lingjun Li in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lingjun Li is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Living people, Mass spectrometrists, University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lingjun Li outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lingjun Li in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lingjun Li means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Lingjun Li out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lingjun Li in simple terms?

Why does Lingjun Li matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lingjun Li?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lingjun Li.