Research direction: Sustainability in transitional built environment，Urban regeneration and community revitalization, Architectural pedagogy and design methodology, Open Building

Dr. Li BAO studied Architecture in Southeast University (SEU) in China and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich (ETHZ), she is a full professor and the Vice dean of School of Architecture at SEU, China, Co-Director of Transitional Morphologies Joint Research Unit of SEU_Arch and PoliTo_Arch, the General Secretary of Chinese National Sub-Supervision Board of Architectural Education and member of UIA COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE & HUMAN RIGHTS Work program（CAHR_WP）.

Having been teaching Architectural Design and Theory courses for over 28 years, she has been awarded by UIA and MoE for Innovation in Architectural Education, won a dozen of awards as supervisor and published 8 books on teaching as well. She She is the coordinator of double degree programs with Politechnico de Torino(PoliTo) and Politechnico de Milano (PoliMi), and has rich experience in joint-teaching and research with European universities and professors.

BAO Li has been focusing on the community study and architecture design with practice, and her major research topics are sustainable habitat, urban regeneration and open building. She has worked on the real projects in a wide range from urban design, public building and housing, some have been received national and international prizes and honors. She also has been the leader or participant in a few of national lever research projects in these fields and published a number of papers home and abroad.