1990年在南开大学元素有机化学研究所获得博士学位，1990年-至今在南开大学化学学院高分子化学研究所。1997年至今，担任南开大学教授。

1.         功能高分子的设计及有机光伏材料的合成

2.         自组装有序多孔膜与图案化

国家自然科学基金项目“小分子水凝胶自组装模板法制备形貌可控的导电聚苯胺纳米结构”，2010.1~2012.12

         Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b ']dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2012, 134(39),16345-16351.

         Pan, GQ Zhang, Y Ma, Y Li, CX Zhang, HQ Controlled synthesis of water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres with ultrathin hydrophilic polymer shells via surface-initiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, ; ; ; ; ; , Sof t Matter,  2011,  7, 8428-8439.

         Facile synthesis of straight polyaniline nanostick in hydrogel, L. Meng, Y. Lu, X. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Duan, C.X. Li, Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 2981-2983.

         PMMA colloid particles stabilized by layered silicate with PMMA-b-PDMAEMA block copolymer brushesWater-assisted fabrication of honeycomb structure porous film from poly(L-lactide), B. Zhao, J. Zhang, X. Wang, C.X. Li, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16 (5): 509-513.

         Molecular recognition through the exact placement of functional groups on non-covalent molecularly imprinted polymers, Y. Lu, C.X. Li, X. Liu, W. Huang, Journal of Chromatography A, 2002, 95, 89-97.