Jiehua Li graduated and obtained his Ph. D degree from State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnic University in 2010. During his Ph.D study (from 2008-07 to 2009-08), he also worked as a joint Ph.D candidate in Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney, Australia. After his Ph.D in January 2010, he moved to Austria and worked as University Assistant in Chair of Casting Research (Lehrstuhl für Gießereikunde), University of Leoben (Montanuniversität Leoben). In July 2014, he has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in Chair of Casting Research (Lehrstuhl für Gießereikunde), University of Leoben (Montanuniversität Leoben). On May, 2015, he was promoted to Privatdozent.
His research works mainly focus on (i) melting metallurgy, (ii) high performance alloys, (iii) solidification principles, (iv) advanced casting technologies, and (v) advanced scanning / transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Based on his research work, 45 first-authored and 76 co-authored, peer-reviewed papers have been published in prestigious journals, including Acta Mater. (12). He was the winner of the international prestigious HZG Magnesium Research Award in 2017. In 2018, he was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, worked as guest researcher in Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Max-Planck-Institute for Steel Research) (now Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien, Max-Planck-Institute for Sustainable Materials). He is the member of scientific committee of ICASP (International Conference on on Advances in Solidification Processes, since 2025) and S2P (International Conference on Semi Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, since 2021). In 2025, he was nominated the International Magnesium Award for Special Contribution on Innovation of the Year. In 2026, he was nominated as the editor of Materialia