​Yu Li is a Ph.D. student of KAUST, majoring in Computer Science (CS), under the supervision of Prof. Xin Gao. He is a member of Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC). His main research interest is developing novel computational methods and algorithms, mainly deep learning methods, for solving biological problems and understanding the principles behind the bio-world. He obtained MS degree in CS from KAUST in 2016. Before that, he got the Bachelor degree in Bioscience from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).