Mi-Ling Li Senior Fellow 2025–2026
- Discipline
- Environmental science
- Fellowship duration
- April 01, 2026–June 30, 2026
- Academic or artistic job title
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
- Home institution
University of Delaware, US
- Links
- Personal website
- Institutional website
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Mi-Ling Li is an environmental scientist who studies how global contaminants move through interconnected air, land, and ocean systems. Her research examines how these movements reshape pollutant pathways and create major ecological and societal consequences.
Her work addresses how rapid environmental change, including climate shifts and the widespread use of synthetic chemicals, alters the transport, transformation, and exposure pathways of contaminants.
Integrating analytical chemistry, isotope geochemistry, and spatial-statistical modeling, Mi-Ling takes a transdisciplinary approach to link contaminant sources and environmental processes with ecosystem dynamics and human exposure. Her research bridges environmental chemistry, oceanography, toxicology, and public health.
Mi-Ling’s current work focuses on mercury and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with an emphasis on tracing contaminant sources, understanding bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs, and identifying exposure pathways relevant to wildlife and human communities.
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