Li Jian, born in December 1980, received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Mathematics at Nanjing University in 2003 and doctorate from the Department of Astronomy at Nanjing University in 2008. After that, he joined the faculty at Nanjing University and was promoted to be an associate professor in 2013.

　　Numerical Calculation Method;
　　Introduction to Modern Celestial Mechanics

　　His research focuses on asteroid dynamics in the solar system, planetary system dynamics and nonlinear celestial mechanics.

　　Major Papers:
　　1. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. A survey of weak stability boundaries in the Sun-Mars system. Research in Astron. Astrophys, 15, 376, 2015
　　2. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. A study of the high-inclination population in the Kuiper belt–II. The Twotinos. Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., 443, 1346, 2014
　　3. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S., A study of the high-inclination population in the Kuiper belt– I. The Plutinos, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., 437, 215, 2014
　　4. Zhou L.-Y., Li J., Cheng J., & Sun Y.-S. Hyperbolic Structure and Stickiness Effect: A case of a 2D Area-Preserving Twist Mapping. Science China, 57, 1737, 2014
　　5. Guan P., Zhou L.-Y., & Li J. Trailing (L5) Neptune Trojans: 2004 KV18 and 2008 LC18. Research in Astron. Astrophys., 12, 1549, 2012
　　6. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. Evolution of Jovian planets in a self-gravitating planetesimal disk. Astron. and Astrophy., 528, A86, 2011
　　7. Li J., Fu Y.-N., & Sun Y.-S. The Hill stability of low mass binaries in hierarchical triple systems. Celest. Mech. & Dyn. Astro., 107, 21L, 2010
　　8. Li J., Li W.-D., Liu J., & Sun Y.-S. Large excursions of action within the resonance of a degenerate Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom. Physical Review E, 80, 026216, 2009
　　9. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. Dynamics of the Formation of the Kuiper Belt. Progress in Astronomy, 27, 189-207, 2009
　　10. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. The Effect of Sweeping Secular Resonances on the Classical Kuiper Belt. Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32, 409, 2008
　　11. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. The origin of the high-inclination Neptune Trojan 2005 TN53. Astron. and Astrophy., 464, 775, 2007
　　12. Li J., Zhou L.-Y., & Sun Y.-S. The Formation of the Kuiper Belt by the Long Time-scale Migration of Jovian Planets. Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys., 5, 588, 2006
　　14. Li J., & Sun Y.-S. Constructing a refined model of small bodies in the Solar system – I. The Jovian Trojans, accepted. Astron. and Astrophy., 2018