AiJun Li, Ph.D. in Engineering, is a professor and doctoral supervisor. She mainly engages in research and teaching on energy-environmental systems analysis, carbon - containing fuel thermal conversion, yield and carbon dioxide emission prediction in thermochemical reactions, industrial system optimization, and energy economics. Her research spans three levels: energy technology, industrial systems, and low - carbon policies.

   In energy technology, she focuses on reaction kinetics analysis of carbon - containing fuel thermal conversion, thermochemical reaction mechanisms, AI - based prediction of energy conversion yields and carbon emissions, and pollutant co - treatment. In industrial systems, her work involves Aspen Plus simulation and thermodynamic analysis of industrial processes, optimization and 3E (Economy, Energy, Environment) comprehensive evaluation, as well as energy system integration and modeling. In low - carbon policies, she studies factor decomposition analysis of industrial energy - saving and carbon reduction in central China, energy development prospects and planning in water - scarce western regions, and the deep integration mechanism of energy - environment - economy across time and space.

  During her Ph.D., she studied and applied inter - regional energy CGE models. Her doctoral thesis, titled "Inter - regional General Equilibrium Analysis of the Interaction between Energy, Environment, and Economy," won the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Japan Environmental Symbiosis Committee in 2006. This award honors outstanding Ph.D. graduates in the field, with only 1 - 2 recipients each year.