Aug. 2017–Present, Associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Aug. 2016–Aug. 2017, Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Aug. 2013–Jul.2016, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Sep. 2012– Dec. 2012, Visiting Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia

Aug. 2012, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Jul. 2011–Jul. 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Graduate: Fire Safety Design for Engineering Structures

Graduate: Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Structures

Graduate: Catastrophology (Fire)

Graduate: Introduction to the Internationalization of Engineering Technical Standards

Undergraduate: Architectural Engineering

Undergraduate: Fire Safety Engineering

Structural performance under earthquake, fire and impact loading

Concrete-filled steel tubular structures

Life-Cycle Structural Performance

2023-2026, PI, "Hybrid action" effect and performance of truss concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures under fire. Natural Science Foundation of China

2020-2023, PI, Post-fire seismic performance of CFST column to steel beam 3-D connections. Natural Science Foundation of China

2018-2021, PI, Performance of prefabricated steel joint for vertical industrial building under fire and fire protection strategy. Sub-project of National Key R&D Program of China

2018-2020, PI, Seismic Performance of Prefabricated Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Steel Tubular Pier, Natural Science Foundation of Beijing

2016-2017, PI, Seismic Performance of CFDST Structures after Fire Exposure, Open Fund of Chinese National Key Lab for Building Safety and Environment

2015-2016, PI, Fatigue Behaviour of Concrete-Filled Double Skin Structures Using High-Strength Steel, Zhejiang Electric Power Company

Associate Editor, Structures, Elsevier

Fellow, The Institution of Structural Engineers (FIStructE)

Vice President, Building Fire Protection Technology Branch of the Architectural Society of China (ASC)

Vice President, Fire Protection and Anti-corrosion Technology Branch of the China Steel Construction Society (CSCS)

Council Member & Deputy Secretary-General, Engineering Fire Protection Technology Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society (CCES)

Deputy Head of the Domestic Counterpart Working Group for ISO TC 71/SC 7

Member, Sub-Commission XV-E, International Institute of Welding (IIW)

2024, Top Cited Authors, Journal of Constructional Steel Research

2022, Magazine of Concrete Research Prize

2022, First Prize for Natural Science, Ministry of Education

2021, National May 1st Labor Medal

2019, Second Prize of the State Natural Science Award

2019, Capital Labor Medal

2018, National Universities Teaching Competition of Young Teachers, First Class (Engineering Group, Rank 1st)

ORCiD: 0000-0001-7240-490X

1. Li W*, Li XY. Compressive behaviour of concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns subjected to freeze-thaw cycles and sustained load combinations. Engineering Structures 2025, 328: 119717.

2. Li W*, Lai LH, Xu LF, Tian HW, Choo YS. Circular concrete-filled steel tubular KK-joints subjected to cyclic loading: experiments, simulation and design. Thin-Walled Structures 2025, 215:113538.

3. Li W*, Hu J. Analytical modelling and critical temperature of circular CFST column exposed to standard fire. Thin-Walled Structures 2024, 200:111900.

4. Yeong CH, Li W*. Prediction of load-deformation relations for CFDST columns through machine learning methods. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2024, 223:108998.

5. Li W*, Chen H. Tensile performance of normal and high-strength structural steels at high strain rates. Thin-Walled Structures 2023, 184:110457.

6. Li W*, Chen B, Packer JA. Pushout tests for concrete-filled double skin steel tubes after exposure to fire. Thin-Walled Structures 2022, 176: 109274.

7. Li W*, Xu LF, Qian WW. Seismic Performance of 3-D Steel Beam to Concrete-Encased CFST Column Joints: Tests. Engineering Structures 2021, 232: 111793.

8. Li W*, Cheng YF, Wang D, Han LH, Zhao XL. Behaviour of high-strength CFDST chord to CHS brace T-joint: Experiment. Engineering Structures 2020, 219: 110780.

9. Li W*, Chen B, Han LH, Lam D. Experimental study on the performance of steel-concrete interfaces in circular concrete-filled double skin steel tube. Thin-Walled Structures 2020, 149: 106660

10. Li W*, Xu LF, Qian WW. Seismic performance of concrete-encased CFST column to steel beam joints with different connection details. Engineering Structures 2020, 204: 109875.

11. Li W*, Chen B, Wang T. Seismic performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tubes after exposure to fire: Analysis. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2019, 162:105753.

12. Li W*, Wang T, Han LH. Seismic performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tubes after exposure to fire: Experiments. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2019, 154:209-223.

13. Li W*, Gu YZ, Han LH, Zhao XL, Behaviour of grout-filled double-skin steel tubular T-joint subjected to low-velocity impact. Thin-Walled Structures 2019, 144. 106270

14. Li W*, Cai YX. Performance of CFDST stub columns using high-strength steel subjected to axial compression. Thin-Walled Structures 2019, 141:411-422.

15. Li W*, Wang D, Han LH. Behaviour of grout-filled double skin steel tubes under compression and bending: experiments. Thin-Walled Structures 2017, 116:307-319.

16. Qian WW, Li W*, Han LH, Zhao XL. Analytical behaviour of concrete-encased CFST columns under cyclic lateral loading. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2016, 120:206-220.

17. Li W*, Han LH, Zhao XL. Behavior of CFDST stub columns under preload, sustained load and chloride corrosion. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2015, 107(4): 12-23.

18. Li W*, Han LH, Chan TM. Tensile behaviour of concrete-filled double-skin steel tubular members. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2014, 99(8): 35-46.

19. Li W, Han LH*. Seismic performance of CFST column-to-steel beam joint with RC slab: joint model. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2012, 73(6):66-79.

20. Li W, Han LH*. Seismic performance of CFST column-to-steel beam joints with RC slab: analysis. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2011, 67(1):127-139.