Professors
LI Heping
Professor

Tel: 010-62782816

Email: liheping@tsinghua.edu.cn

Educational Background

1996.09-2001.07: Department of Engineering Mechanics (Specialty: Engineering Thermophysics), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China, Master and Ph. D. Degrees

1992.09-1996.07: Department of Energy and Power Engineering (Specialty: Thermal Power Plant Engineering), Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, Bachelor Degree



Work Experience

2023.12-Present: Tenured Full Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2018.07-2023.11: Tenured Associate Professor (Distinguished Research Fellow), Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2016.08-2018.06: Tenure-track Associate Professor (Distinguished Research Fellow), Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2004.04-2016.07: Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2009.12: Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

2005.11: Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan

2005.06-2005.08: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA

2001.09-2004.03: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Research Associate), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA



Teaching work

Teaching Activities:

(1) “Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat/Mass Transfer” (No. 60320053) for graduate students of Tsinghua University, 48 class-hours in each year

(2) “Laser and Nuclear Technology” (No. 70320123) for graduate students of Tsinghua University, 48 class-hours in each year

(3) “Computer Simulation Physics” (No. 70320093) for graduate students of Tsinghua University, 24 class-hours in each year

(4) “Writing and Communication – Biological Safety and Public Health”, a liberal arts course (No. 10691342) for undergraduate students of Tsinghua University, 32 class-hours in each year

(5) “Laboratory Scientific Research Exploration - Unit 10: Plasma and Health” (No. S1510021) for undergraduate students of Tsinghua University, 16 class-hours in each semester

(6) “Uncertainty Analysis and Measurement Technology” (No. 40320622) for undergraduate students of Tsinghua University, 24 class-hours in each year

(7) “Isotope Separation Theory” (No. 40320222) for undergraduate students of Tsinghua University, 10 class-hours in each year

(8) “Plasma Technology and Applications” (No. 00320021) for undergraduate students of Tsinghua University, 16 class-hours in each year

(9) “Plasma Advanced Scientech”, a unit of laboratory scientific research exploration course for freshmen (No. 30320511) of the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University

(10) “Gas Temperature Measurement of Atmospheric Warm Plasmas”, a unit of a specialty experimental course (No. 30320392) for undergraduate students

Students Guidance:

Dr. He-Ping Li has mentored 26 doctoral and master students. Nine of them have won the Outstanding Degree Thesis Award of Tsinghua University, one has won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (First Prize) of China Nuclear Industry Education Society.



Research Field

Dr. He-Ping Li focuses on the fundamental and applied research of non-equilibrium synergistic transports in plasmas.



Research Situation

Dr. He-Ping Li’s research has been supported by the key, regular and international collaboration projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), key and regular projects from the Joint fund of the Ministry of Education (MOE) for Equipment Pre-Research, projects from National Key R&D Program supported by the Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) of China, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, Aeronautic Science Foundation, the international collaboration projects from JST CREST of Japan, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, and with KU Leuven of Belgium, and the projects collaborated with the research institutes or industries of China, etc.



Academic Achievements

[2025-J-01] Qingguo Fu, Ye Li, Yuechao Zhao, Heng-Xin Zhao, Yu Zhang, He-Ping Li*, Prospect and clinical translation of cold atmospheric plasmas combined with radiation therapy for treatment of tumors, Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2025, 34(1): 92-96 (DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn113030-20240426-00156) [In Chinese]

[2025-J-02] Lanyue Luo, Menglong Zhang, Yaoting Wang, He-Ping Li*, Dongjun Jiang, Mingsheng Zhou, State-of-the-art of ion cyclotron resonance isotope separation, Nuclear Techniques, 2025, 48(1): 010002 (DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240250) [In Chinese]

[2025-J-03] Lan-Yue Luo, Zoltán Donkó, Ranna Masheyeva, Máté Vass, He-Ping Li#, Peter Hartmann#, The quenching effect of oxygen addition on an argon capacitively coupled plasma: experimental and computational study of the argon metastable atom kinetics, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2025, 34: 015009 (DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ada8d8)

[2025-J-04] Xin-Li Sun, Yao-Ting Wang, Lan-Yue Luo, Zi-Ming Zhang, Meng-Long Zhang, He-Ping Li*, Dong-Jun Jiang, and Ming-Sheng Zhou, One-dimensional theoretical analysis on charged-particle transports in a decaying plasma with an initial plasma-electrode gap, Chinese Physics B, 2025 (DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ade385)

[2024-J-01] Qingdong Wang, Qun Zhou, Lu-Xiang Zhao, Tao He, Xinyi Chen, Na Zhang, Hao Chen, Heng-Xin Zhao, Yongjian Li, Yu Zhang#, He-Ping Li#, Infrared spectroscopy for tracking changes in proteins secondary structure and lipids during wound healing process of diabetic mice after treated by a cold atmospheric plasma jet, IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, 2024, 8(3): 323-330 (WOS: 000937378800001; DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2024.3351743)

[2024-J-02] Jian Chen#, Alexander V. Khrabrov, Igor D. Kaganovich#, He-Ping Li#, Intermittency, bursty turbulence, and ion and electron phase-space holes formation in collisionless current-carrying plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, 2024, 31: 042112 (DOI: 10.1063/5.0197955)

[2024-J-03] Luxiang Zhao, Jing Li, Xiaoyu Xu, Na Zhang, Tao He, Yue Yuan, Yu Zhang#, He-Ping Li#, A nature-based solution for regulating the inflammatory phase of diabetic wound healing using a cold atmospheric plasma, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5, 102147 (DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.102147)

[2024-J-04] Miao Zheng, Xinrong Ma, Jianguo Tan, Hengxin Zhao, Yang Yang, Xin-Yi Ye, Mingyue Liu#, He-Ping Li#, Enhancement of biocompatibility of high-transparency zirconia abutments with human gingival fibroblasts via cold atmospheric plasma treatment: An in vitro study, Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2024, 15: 200 (DOI: 10.3390/jfb15070200)

[2024-J-05] Zi-Ming Zhang, Chuan Fang, Yao-Ting Wang, Lan-Yue Luo, He-Ping Li*, Analyses of non-equilibrium transports in atmospheric-pressure direct-current argon discharges under different modes, Plasma Science and Technology, 2024, 26: 115402 (DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ad6705)

[2024-J-06] Yao-Ting Wang, Lan-Yue Luo, He-Ping Li*, Dong-Jun Jiang and Ming-Sheng Zhou, Theoretical analyses and case studies on one-dimensional ion extreaction processes, Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, 2024, 97(6): 1641-1650 (DOI: 10.1007/s10891-024-03042-6)

[2023-J-01] Chuan Fang, Zi-Ming Zhang, Yao-Ting Wang, Lan-Yue Luo, Zhi-Hui Li, Shi Zeng, He-Ping Li*, Production of a large volume non-equilibrium region in an atmospheric argon arc plasma with a counter injection of cold gas from an annular anode (Letter), Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2023, 56: 11LT01 (DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/acbc88)

[2023-J-02] Jing Li, Lu-Xiang Zhao, Lan-Yue Luo, Zi-Ming Zhang, Tao He, Yue Yuan, Yu Zhang#, He-Ping Li#, Dosage estimation of typical cold atmospheric plasma jets, Journal of Nanchang University (Natural Science), 2023, 47(2): 126-133 (DOI: 10.13764/j.cnki.ncdl.2023.02.004) [In Chinese]

[2023-J-03] Yao-Ting Wang, Xin-Li Sun, Lan-Yue Luo, Zi-Ming Zhang, He-Ping Li*, Dong-Jun Jiang, Ming-Sheng Zhou, Theoretical analyses on the one-dimensional charged particle transport in a decaying plasma under an electrostatic field, Chinese Physics B, 2023, 32: 095201 (DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ace033)

[2023-J-04] Lu-Xiang Zhao, Heng-Xin Zhao, Hao Chen, Chang Hu, Yu Zhang#, He-Ping Li#, Characteristics of portable air floating-electrode dielectric-barrier-discharge plasmas used for biomedicine, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 2023, 43: 1567-1585 (WOS: 001060370500003; DOI: 10.1007/s11090-023-10384-1)

[2023-J-05] Chuan Fang, Zi-Ming Zhang, Yao-Ting Wang, Lan-Yue Luo, Shi Zeng, Zhi-Hui Li, He-Ping Li*, Ground simulation of thermal environment for reentry spacecrafts with a six-phase AC discharge, Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2023, 55(12): 2814-2830 (DOI: 10.6052/0459-1879-23-337) [In Chinese]


Part-time Academic Job

2022.1−Present: Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)

2021.1−Presnet: Fellow of the Chinese Institute of Electronics

2017.7-Present: Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET)

2025.3-Present: Editorial Board Member for the Chinese journal “Journal of China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology”

2023.6-Present: Editorial Board Member for the English journal “Plasma Science and Technology”

2021.10-Present: Editorial Board Member for the English journal “Applied Sciences–Basel”


Award honors

Studies on the Transport Mechanisms of the Charged Particles in Low-pressure Bounded Plasmas (Yao-Ting Wang):

Supervisor for Excellent Doctor Thesis Award of Tsinghua University, 2024

Supervisor for Excellent Doctor Thesis Award (First Prize) of China Nuclear Industry Education Society, 2024

R&D of ARTP Mutation Breeding Technology and Equipment:

Technological Invention Prize (First Prize), China National Light Industry Council, 2019

He-Ping Li, Daren Yu*, Wenting Sun, Dingxin Liu, Jie Li, Xianwei Han, Zengyao Li, Bing Sun, Yun Wu, State-of-the-art of Atmospheric Discharge Plasmas, High Voltage Engineering, 2016, 42(12): 3697-3728 (DOI: 10.13336/j.1003-6520.hve.20161128001; In Chinese):

Excellent Paper Award (Third Prize), Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, 2019

Top10 Excellent Paper Award, High Voltage Engineering, 2017

Studies on Some Aspects of Non-equilibrium Low-Temperature Plasmas and Tuning of Their Characteristics (Heng Guo):

Supervisor for Excellent Doctor Thesis Award of Tsinghua University, 2018

Novel ARTP Induced Non-GMO Mutation Breeding Machine:

Gold Medal & Best International Invention, the National Research Council of Thailand, the 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017

Studies on the Three-Dimensional Effects in an Arc Plasma System:

The University Science and Technology Award – Second Prize of Natural Science, Ministry of Education of China, 2008



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