Shucong Li is an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She obtained her PhD in chemistry at Harvard University in 2022 and conducted postdoc research at MIT from 2022 to 2024. She is the recipient of the PMSE Future Leader Award, Caltech Young Investigator Award, and the Foresight Fellowship.

Prof. Li’s research interests include the design and fabrication of soft intelligent materials by harnessing dynamic molecular switches, molecular assemblies, and their coupling to mesoscale architectures and macroscale material properties. Her work focuses on developing innovative soft materials with self-regulating capabilities across length and time scales, aiming to create next-generation multifunctional materials with enhanced autonomy to address critical challenges in healthcare, energy, and sustainability.