Jiao Jiao Li is an Associate Professor and biomedical engineer at the University of Technology Sydney, where she holds a Rebecca L. Cooper Foundation fellowship. She trained through a combined Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Honours I with University Medal) and Bachelor of Medical Science, followed by a PhD, at the University of Sydney.

Her research spans artificial intelligence, bioengineering, nanotechnology, and stem cell science to develop new stem cell-derived treatments, with an initial focus on osteoarthritis. She has a strong track record in bone and joint repair research, and was awarded the Metcalf Prize to advance a research program combining machine learning with stem cell culture, with the goal of progressing toward animal trials and eventually human clinical applications.

Her work has attracted a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) fellowship and more than 30 research awards, including the 2022 Premier's Prize for NSW Early Career Researcher of the Year (Physical Sciences), NSW Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year, and Australian winner of Falling Walls Lab 2021. She was elected in 2022 as Early Career Representative to the Science & Technology Australia Board, and served as Co-Deputy Director and chief investigator on the ARC Training Centre for Innovative BioEngineering.

Arthroplasty, Osteoarthritis research