Professional background
Li Jianming completed postgraduate research in reproductive physiology at Cornell University and has worked in embryology and laboratory leadership at reproductive medicine centers in the United States.
He holds the High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD) qualification and is a College of American Pathologists (CAP) inspector. He joined INCITA as Laboratory Director in June 2019. His work includes IVF, micromanipulation, blastocyst biopsy and egg freezing.
Laboratory leadership in the United States
After embryology work at Cornell University Medical College, he worked as an embryologist and andrologist at Abington Memorial Hospital’s reproductive center from 1998 to 2000.
He directed embryology, andrology and endocrine laboratories at the Medical Office for Human Reproduction from 2000 to 2008 and at New Hope Fertility Center from 2008 to 2014. From 2014 to 2018 he was an Associate Professor and laboratory director at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Before joining INCITA in June 2019, he led the embryology laboratory at Reproductive Fertility Center in the United States.
Research in embryo development
His postgraduate research at Cornell focused on reproductive physiology, in vitro fertilization and embryo development in Professor Robert H. Foote’s laboratory. His research team received National Institutes of Health support for work on culture systems addressing developmental arrest in embryos.
Laboratory procedures and quality assurance
His practical experience includes IVF, micromanipulation, blastocyst biopsy for genetic testing and egg cryopreservation. At INCITA, his stated focus is a patient-oriented embryology laboratory supported by systematic quality control and quality assurance throughout embryo culture.
Areas of experience
- Embryology laboratory quality control
- IVF and micromanipulation
- Blastocyst biopsy
- Egg freezing
Education and experience
- 1989–1995
- Postgraduate study, Cornell University.
- 1995–1998
- Embryologist, Cornell University Medical College.
- 2014–2018
- Associate Professor and laboratory director, UT Southwestern Medical Center.
- 2019
- Joined INCITA as Laboratory Director.