2013年至2017年，在香港大学电机电子工程学系从事博士后研究；2018年至2021年在加拿大温莎大学混合动力汽车与新能源研究中心工作从事新能源与电动汽车技术研究；现为南京理工大学自动化学院教授，硕士生导师。

2008-2012    香港大学电机电子工程学系    哲学博士

2005-2008    中国科学技术大学信息科学技术学院   工学硕士

2001-2005    四川大学电气信息学院   工学学士   

IEEE 高级会员

中国自动化学会机器人智能专委会委员

国家自然科学基金通讯评审专家

主持或参与科研项目14项，科研经费充足，代表性项目有：

国家级青年人才项目

国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目

国家自然科学基金面上项目

国家自然科学基金联合基金项目

南京市留学回国人员科技创新项目择优资助 

香港大学种子基金项目

澳门科学技术发展基金项目

在相关领域的国内外高水平期刊、国际会议已发表学术论文100余篇，其中期刊论文70篇，以第一作者/通讯作者在IEEE Transactions等期刊发表论文29篇。近期发表的部分论文如下：

1. W. Li, P. Song, Q. Li, Z. Li, and N. C. Kar, “Open-phase fault modeling for dual three-phase PMSM using vector space decomposition and negative sequence components,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 8, 2022.

2. W. Li, G. Feng, Z. Li, M.S. Toulabi, and N. C. Kar, “Extended Kalman filter based inductance estimation for dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors under the single open-phase fault,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 37, no. 2, 2022, pp.1134-1144.

3. W. Li, G. Feng, Z. Li, and N. C. Kar, “Multireference frame based open-phase fault modeling and control for asymmetrical six-phase interior permanent magnet motors,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.36, no. 10, Oct. 2021, pp. 11712-11725.

4. W. Li, P. Song, S. Mukundan, B. Guruwatta, G. Spehar, V. Russalian, S. Reaburn, and N. C. Kar, “Structural analysis of single-sided axial-flux permanent magnet machines with different magnetic materials,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 57, no. 2, Feb 2021, Art no.8102305.

5. W. Li, G. Feng, C. Lai, Z. Li, J. Tian and N. C. Kar, “Demagnetization analysis of interior permanent magnet machines under integrated charging operation,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, vol. 55, no. 5, 2019, pp. 5204-5213.

6. W. Li, T.W. Ching, C. Jiang, T. Wang, and L. Sun, “Quantitative comparison of wireless power transfer using HTS and copper coils,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 29, no. 5, August 2019, Art no.5501806.

7. P. Song, W. Li, Z. Li, M.S. Toulabi, and N. C. Kar, “Noise and vibration prediction of a six-phase IPMSM in a single open-phase failure under a negative sequence current compensated fault tolerant control mode,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 8, 2022.

8. Z. Li, W. Li, P. Song, D. O’Donnell, J. Tjong, and N.C. Kar, “Decoupled estimation scheme for PMSMs towards accurate inductance modelling”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 8, 2022.

9. A. Fatima, T. Stachl, W. Li, M. S. Toulabi, G. Byczynski, J. Tjong, and N. C. Kar, “Electromagnetic performance prediction of an induction machine using an improved permeance-based equivalent circuit model considering the frequency and b-h curve dependent core loss branches,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, 2022, Early Access.

10. G. Feng, C. Lai, W. Li, Z. Li, and N.C. Kar “Dual reference frame based current harmonic minimization for dual three-phase PMSM considering inverter voltage limit,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 7, July 2021, pp. 8055-8066.

11. G. Feng, C. Lai, W. Li, Y. Han, and N.C. Kar, “Computation-Efficient Solution to Open-phase Fault Tolerant Control of Dual Three-phase Interior PMSMs with Maximized Torque and Minimized Ripple,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 4, April 2021, pp. 4488-4499.

12. G. Feng, C. Lai, W. Li, Z. Li, and N. C. Kar, “Efficient permanent magnet temperature modeling and estimation for dual three-phase PMSM considering inverter nonlinearity,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 7, 2019, pp.7328-7340.