1. 09/2000－06/2004, College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Bachelor of engineering.

2. 09/2004－12/2009, College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Ph.D. of engineering.

3. 07/2007－05/2008, Visiting doctoral student in Environmental Research Center, Department of Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, funded by China Scholarship Council.

4. 01/2010－09/2010, College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Assistant Professor.

5. 10/2010－12/2014, College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Associate Professor.

6. 08/2012－11/2013, University of Kansas, USA, Visiting Scholar.

7. 01/2015－12/2016, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor.

8. 01/2017－Present, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor.

11/2017－12/2018, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, Visiting Professor.

Reservoir limnology, biogeochemistry and microbial ecology, specifically on the ecological and environmental response to dam construction and reservoir creation as main driver of human activities in watershed

1. 2020: Dayu Water Conservancy Award of Scientific and Technological Advancements, Level 1. Contribution ranking: 3.

2. 2020: Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of Ministry of Water Resources Award of Science and Technology, Level 1. Contribution ranking: 3.

3. 2020: The third round of leading experts of Chongqing Young Expert Studio.

4. 2020: The project leader of the Interdisciplinary team under the auspices of the "Light of West" Program from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

5. 2020: Distinguished Young Scientists, Awarded by Chongqing Natural Science Funds.

6. 2020, 2022: Excellent editorial board, Journal of Lake Sciences.

7. 2019: Candidate for the third round of Chongqing academic technology leader, major in environmental science and engineering.

8. 2019: Top-notch young talent project of "Chongqing Talents Plan".

9. 2016: Chongqing Municipality Award of Scientific and Technological Advancements, Level 2. Contribution ranking: 3.

2016: Young Scholars of the Western China, Class A, Awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Western Light Talent Culturing Program”.

1. Juping Huang, Zhe Li*. Carbon emissions affected by real-time reservoir operation: a hydrodynamic modeling approach coupled with air-water mass transfer. Water Research, 2023, 241: 120118.

2. Qiong Tang, Lunhui Lu, Fang Luo, Xinrui Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Ran Li, Carolina Bernal, Solange Vera, Irina Izaguirre, Yan Xiao, Zhe Li*. Terrigenous organic carbon contributes to reservoir carbon emissions: Potential role of the microbial community along a trophic gradient. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 621: 129601.

3. Qi Li#, Zhe Li#*, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xinghua Wu, Liu Yang, Lunhui Lu, Yongbo Chen. Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach. Water Research, 2022, 222: 118861.

4. Yuanyuan Zhang, Youheng Su, Zhe Li*, Shuhui Guo, Lunhui Lu, Bin Zhang, Yu Qin. Terrigenous organic carbon drives methane dynamics in cascade reservoirs in the upper Yangtze China. Water Research, 2022, 219: 118546.

5. Juping Huang, Weiyang Zhao, Zhe Li*, Yangming Ou, Lu Lin. Estimation of CO2 emission in reservoir coupling floating chamber and thin boundary layer methods. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 811: 151438.

6. Zhe Li, Lunhui Lu*, Pingyum Lv, Zengyu Zhang, Jinsong Guo. Imbalanced stoichiometric reservoir sedimentation regulates methane accumulation in China's Three Gorges Reservoir. Water Resources Research, 2020, 56(9): e2019WR026447.

7. Zhe Li*, Zhiyu Sun*, Yongbo Chen, Chong Li, Zhenhua Pan, Atle Harby, Pingyu Lv, Dan Chen, Jinsong Guo. The net GHG emissions of the China Three Gorges Reservoir: I. Pre-impoundment GHG inventories and carbon balance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 256: 120635.

8. Zhe Li*, Zhiyu Sun*, Yongbo Chen, Chong Li, Zhenhua Pan, Atle Harby, Pingyu Lv, Dan Chen, Jinsong Guo. The net GHG emissions of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China: II. Post-impoundment GHG inventories and full-scale synthesis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 277: 123961.

9. Lunhui Lu, Xi Zou, Jixiang Yang, Yan Xiao, Yuchun Wang, Jinsong Guo, Zhe Li*. Biogeography of eukaryotic plankton communities along the upper Yangtze River: The potential impact of cascade dams and reservoirs. Journal of Hydrology, 2020, 590: 125495.

10.Zhe Li*, Hailong Du, Hui Xu, Yan Xiao, Lunhui Lu, Jinsong Guo, Yves Prairie, Sara Mercier-Blais. The carbon footprint of large- and mid-scale hydropower in China: Synthesis from five China's largest hydro-project. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 250: 109363.