Mo Li is an Associate Professor of Bioscience at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He earned his BS from Peking University and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, then trained as a postdoc at the Salk Institute. His research focuses on modelling human diseases, development, and regeneration using pluripotent stem cells, cellular reprogramming, and genome editing technologies. His lab develops novel nanopore sequencing methods for identifying mutations in genetic diseases, genome editing, and the aging process. To date, he has over 70 publications in prestigious journals, including Nature, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine.