Dr. Kefei Li works in Civil Engineering Department of Tsinghua University as tenured full professor, and principal investigator (PI) of the research group of building materials (associate professor, 2004; full professor, 2011). He obtained his Ph.D degrees from Tongji University (2000) and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris (2002).

His research fields include the physical and mechanics of cement-based materials, the durability of concrete materials and structures and the life-cycle engineering of concrete structures. He has supervised 9 Ph.D students so far in the above research fields.

He leads multiples national projects of research, publishes 80+ SCI papers (visible through Web of Science), heads the draft team of the durability standards of China (CCES01 and GB/T 50476), and serves in the editorial boards of Cement and Concrete Research (associate editor), Materials and Structures (associate editor) and Journal of Engineering Mechanics (Part B: Nanomechanics and Micromechanics). He leads the RILEM TC 289-DCM and has been Cluster convener of TAC (Cluster D) and regional convener of China Region of RILEM. He is also active member of IABSE (deputy executive member of China group), fib (COM8) and ISO TC71/SC4.