Xiaomei Li is a professor in the School of Emergent Soft Matter at South China University of Technology. She received her B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Tianjin University in 2016, her M.S. in Chemical Engineering and Technology in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2019, and Ph.D. with summa cum laude from Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany in 2023. After staying in the same group as a postdoc. for another 8 months in Germany, she moved to ETH Zurich and worked as a postdoc in April 2024, investigating the material properties of biomolecular condensates. Since November 2025, she has been a professor at the South China University of Technology. Her main research interest is in wetting, slide electrification, and biomolecular condensates. She has published 21 papers in refereed journals including Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and so on.

Professor Li’s research is mainly on wetting, slide electrification, and biomolecular condensates. Her current research interests include: (1) Wetting phenomenon: especially electrowetting, adaptive wetting, and soft wetting. (2) Droplet kinetics: droplet sliding, impacting, coalescence, evaporation, and condensation; (3) Slide electrification: mechanism, influence on wetting, drop friction, and surface chemistry; (4) Biomolecular condensates: material properties, phase transition, and application.