Xiaofan Li

Prof. Xiaofan Li is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BSc degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2015 and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2020, both in Mechanical Engineering. After completing postdoc training at Virginia Tech (2021-2022) and the University of Michigan (2022-2023), he joined HKU in spring 2025. Prior to this, he worked as an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan, where he led projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, and UMich internal funding. His research focuses on marine renewable energy technology, including wave, offshore wind, and current energy.

Xiaofan Li is an Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong, specializing in Marine Renewable Energy. His research focuses on the design, analysis, and testing of wave energy converters, with an emphasis on power take-off systems and mechanical motion rectification. Li's work includes the development of compact mechanical power take-offs, hybrid wave–current energy converters, and vibration energy harvesters. His studies also explore the integration of wave energy with desalination systems and offshore wind turbine vibration reduction. Through experimental validation and numerical modeling, Li contributes to the advancement of sustainable marine energy technologies.