Dr. Shanze Li is a Senior Engineer of Department of Water Ecology and Environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science from School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China. She was a visiting scholar in Ecology of Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, US, from 2014-2016. She is an individual member of IAHR, GCE-LTER, LTER NETWORK, CHNCOLD, CHES and BHES. Her research interests are in wetlands restoration, major water conservancy projects/watershed ecological protection and management. She received the First Prize of Theory of Science and Technology Award, IWHR in 2020. She has published over 30 scientific papers, and has been invited as peer reviewer in Journal of Environmental Management, Ecological Engineering, Ecological Indicators, Ecosphere, Scientific Reports, Wetlands, etc.