Edwin Li

Edwin Li is an Associate Professor at Saint Joseph's University in the Department of Biology, Philadelphia, PA. His research focuses on membrane protein biophysics, particularly the structural and energetic principles governing transmembrane domain dimerization in receptor tyrosine kinases and mucin-type proteins.

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University (1994)
• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island (1997)
• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island (2001)

His laboratory investigates how mutations in transmembrane domains contribute to pathologies like dwarfism and cancer. Key methodologies include Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), surface-supported bilayers, and lipid bilayer systems to study protein interactions in physiologically relevant environments.

Research trends across his publications highlight: structural analysis of FGFR3 and MUC1 dimerization, CQC motif roles in membrane protein self-assembly, lipid chain length effects on tetramer assembly, and quantitative measurements of protein interactions in crowded cellular environments.