Dr. Dongdong Li is an Associate Researcher and Master Tutor at the College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Hunan, China. He also serves as the deputy director of the “Distributed Reconnaissance and Countermeasures” program and leads the Vision4Drone research team. Dr. Li earned his PhD in Information and Communication Engineering from NUDT in 2018, with his research focusing on robust visual tracking and UAV vision systems. His academic journey includes a joint doctoral program at the Australian National University and a master’s degree from NUDT. Dr. Li has received several prestigious awards, including the Military Scientific and Technological Progress Second Prize and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination from the China Education Society. He has been recognized as a leading young scientist by various institutions and has presided over numerous significant research projects. Dr. Li is actively involved in editorial and guest editing roles for several high-impact journals and conferences.

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Dr. Dongdong Li has held several prominent academic positions. Since October 2021, he has been an Associate Professor at the College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha, Hunan, China. He has also been serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Aerospace Science, NUDT, since August 2021, under the guidance of Academician Qifeng Yu. Prior to these roles, Dr. Li was a Lecturer at the School of Electronic Science, NUDT, from December 2018 to September 2021, where he worked with Professor Gongjian Wen. He participated in a Joint Doctoral Program at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Australian National University, from February 2017 to February 2018, with Professor Fatih Porikli as his co-supervisor. Dr. Li conducted his PhD research at NUDT from March 2015 to December 2018 and completed his Master’s research there from September 2012 to December 2014.

Dr. Dongdong Li has received several notable awards for his contributions to his field. In 2020, he was honored with the Second Prize of Military Scientific and Technological Progress and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award from the China Education Society. He also received the Excellent Paper Nomination Award at the China Information Fusion Conference in 2021 and the Hunan Province Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award in the same year. In 2017, he was recognized with the Hunan Excellent Master’s Degree Thesis Award. Dr. Li’s achievements extend to competitive events as well, with his team winning the Graduate Electronic Design Competition National Finals First Prize in 2022. He also served as the Second Prize Instructor for the Army’s “Maker Action-2022” Big Data Application Track and was an advisor for teams that earned Third Prizes at both the 5th China Graduate Robot Innovation Design Competition and the 5th China Graduate Artificial Intelligence Innovation Competition in 2023.

Publication Top Notes:

• Title: Bioinspired Multi-Stimuli Responsive Actuators with Synergistic Color-and Morphing-Change Abilities

  • Citations: 127

• Title: Template-Based Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Nanotube Arrays

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• Title: Overcoming the Strength–Ductility Trade-Off by Tailoring Grain-Boundary Metastable Si-Containing Phase in β-Type Titanium Alloy

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• Title: Flexible Solar Cells Based on Foldable Silicon Wafers with Blunted Edges

  • Citations: 95

• Title: The Study on Oxygen Bubbles of Anodic Alumina Based on High Purity Aluminum

  • Citations: 82