1. Ming Li
Tel: (215)746-7717 (office)
email : mingl@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education
• University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA.
Master of Science and Engineering, major in Computer Science and Information System.
GPA: 4.0/4.0 August, 2000
Relevant Coursework:
Introduction to Programming Languages and Techniques I/II, Mathematical Foundations of
Computer Science I/II, Computer Architecture, Introduction to Database Systems, Software
Engineering, Advanced Topics in Databases, Computational Biology, Theory of Computation,
Analysis of Algorithms, Networking: Technology & Protocols, Independent Study in Databases.
• East China Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Bachelor of Science in Biology. GPA: 3.9/4.0 1987-1991
Computer Skills
• Programming: Java, JavaScript, VBScript, SML, C, C++, HTML, Perl, ASP, SPSS, SAS.
• Database: SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, O2, XML, Access, FileMaker, AppleWorks 6
• Operating Systems: UNIX, DOS, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/7, Windows NT, Macintosh System.
• Networking: TCP/IP, Internet, Intranet, Ethernet
• Applications: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Visual C++, Adobe, Maple,
Internet software ( Netscape, Internet Explorer, Ftp, Telnet )
Professional Experience
• System Analyst/ Database Programmer, Data Management Unit, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania. (March, 2001 - Present)
Take the lead in reviewing study related CRFs and data dictionaries for all the new studies. Train the
new users to use the data entry system, and participate in the technical support for the users. Review
and code data entry systems, create and validate form logic, perform system testing and quality
control, write spss code, and design of the associated database structures. Work on creating new
system functionalities and enhancement to the Web Based Data Entry System and Tracking System.
Use Redcap System to set up forms for research studies..
• Lab Manager, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Wistar Institute.
(September, 2000 - March, 2001)
Use AppleWorks 6 to design and implement the lab plasmid database.
• Intern, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania. ( Summer, 2000 )
Use Perl to implement PlasmoDB: a database for analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genome.
Use FileMaker to design and implement the Lab ordering database.
• Research Specialist, Molecular Biology Lab, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine. (1996 - 1999)
• Research Technician B, Dept. of Pathology, Columbia University. (1995 - 1996)
• Assistant Professor, Immunology Research Unit, Suzhou Medical College. (1991 - 1995)

2. Projects
• Participated in planning, designing and development of Web Based Direct Data Entry System. Using
ASP, JavaScript, VBScript and MicroSoft SQL Server 2015 to develop Web Based Data Entry
System and Tracking System. Train the users to use our data entry system. Set up data entry forms
using RedCap system for research studies.
• Designed and developed Data Entry Applications, Databases and Entry Screens with FoxPro for
many projects. Prepared many data files with SPSS for principal investigators.
• Set up studies with redcap system.
• Designed a database management system for managing the gene linkage analysis experiment data
which used JDBC to connect Oracle DBMS. Designed and implemented interfaces for some general
SQL queries and special queries which used Java Awt.
• Wrote a specification for Survival Watch, Simulated a digital clock with Java Swing according to a
specification, tested the simulation with the real digital clock and analyzed the specification quality.
• Wrote a parser with C to parse the GenBank entries from EMBL format into the XML format. Used
the XMLTreeDiff algorithms to test the difference between versions of the GenBank EMBL entries
and analyze which parts of the entry change most frequently. Compared the different XMLDiff
algorithms in terms of efficiency and output format.
• HMMER was used to train the machine to identify the zinc finger C2H2 type. Nine amino sequences
of zinc finger (C2H2 type) domains were selected based on annotation information in Swiss-Prot
database. The corresponding Clustalw alignment was then used to build the profile HMM. Drosophila
and other species zinc finger C2H2 type proteins and proteins without zinc fingers were used as the
testing sequences. Predicated Drosophila protein sequences were evaluated for its accuracy.
Publications :
1. Xueguang Zhang, Yi Zhang, Lielin Zheng and Ming Li : Characterization of human
plasma cell differentiation antigens SL4 and SI6 identified by two monoclonal antibodies.
Tumor, Vol.13, No.2, March,1993: P93-96.
2. Yi Zhang, Xueguang Zhang, Tingwei Lu and Ming Li : Observation on
TirA positive cells in human bone marrow from normal individuals and
patients with acute leukemia. ACTA Academiae Medicine, Suzhou,
14(4),1994: P259-262.
3. Weiming Shen, Xiangrui Ma, Ming Li et al: 125I labeling of rhIL-6 and
screening of anti-rhIL-6 monoclonal antibody. Labeled Immunoassays and
Clinical Medicine. Vol.1, No.2, 1994: P87-89.
4. Ming Li , Xueguang Zhang et al: Characterization of epitopes recognized by three
monoclonal antibodies to rhIL-6 and the development of sandwich type RIA for IL-6.
Labeled Immunoassays and Clinical Medicine. Vol.1, No.4, 1994: P217-219.
5. Yuehua Qiu, Ming Li et al: The study of three mouse anti-human IL-6
monoclonal antibodies. Journal of Clinical Immunology. Vol.5, No.1, 1995:
P12-15.
6. Shou-Jiang Gao, Lawrence Kingsley, Ming Li et al: KSHV antibodies
among Americans, Italians and Ugandans with and without kaposi’s
sarcoma. Nature Medicine. Vol. 2, No.8, August 1996: P925-928.
7. Meiqi Xu, George Calvert, Jennifer Moriatis, Ming Li, Michael Zasloff,
Frederick Kaplan and Eileen Shore: Characterization and DNA Sequence

3. of the Human BMP-2 Gene. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Vol.12(Supplement 1.) August 1997:S307.
8. Eileen Shore, Ming Li, George Calvert, Meiqi Xu, Michael Zasloff and
Frederick Kaplan: Identification of polymorphic markers for the human
BMP-2 and BMP-4 genes. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Vol.12(Supplement 1.) August 1997:S309.
9. Amarjit S. Virdi, Eileen M.Shore, Richard O.C. Oreffo, Ming Li,
J.Michael Connor, Roger Smith, Frederick S. Kaplan, James T. Triffitt:
Phenotypic and Molecular Heterogeneity in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans
Progressiva. Calcified Tissue International . 65, 250-255.
10. George Feldman , Ming Li , Margrit Urbanek , J.Andoni Urtizberea , Martine Le
Merrer , J.Michael Connor , James Triffitt , Roger Smith , Maximillian Muenke,
Frederick Kaplan and Eileen Shore : Genome-wide Linkage Analysis of Families with
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Vol.23, No.5 (Supplement) November 1998: W344.
11. E.M.Shore , M.Li , N.Hebela , S.M.Jan de Beur , M.C.Eddy, M.P.Whyte ,
M.A.Levine and F.S.Kaplan : Mutations in the Gene Encoding the Stimulatory G Protein
of Adenylyl Cyclase in Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia (POH). (Submitted for
ASBMR Annual Meeting,1999)
12. George Feldman* , Ming Li *, Shelden Martin , Margrit Urbanek ,
J.Andoni Urtizberea , Martine Le Merrer , J.Michael Connor , Gerard Lucotte, James
Triffitt , Roger Smith , Maximillian Muenke, Frederick Kaplan and Eileen Shore (*
These co-authors contributed equally to this project): Fibrodysplasia Ossificans
Progressiva , a Disorder of Severe Heterotopic Ossification Maps to Human
Chromosome 4q27-31. Amer. J. Hum. Genet. 66, 128-135.
13. George Yeh *, Sameer Marthur *, Ashley Wivel *, Ming Li , Elizabeth A. Olmsted ,
Francis H. Gannon , Angels Ulied , Laura Audi , Frederick Kaplan and Eileen Shore (*
These co-authors contributed equally to this project): GNAS1 Mutation and cbfa1
Misexpression in a child with Severe Congenital Platelike Osteoma Cutis . Journal of
Bone and Mineral Research. Volume 15, Number 11, 2000 , 2063-2073.
14. E.M. Shore, J. Ahn, S. Jan de Beur, M. Li, M. –q. Xu, R.J. Mckinlay Gardner, M.A.
Zasloff, M.P. Whyte, M.A. Levine, and F.S. Kaplan. Paternally inherited mutations in the
GNSA1 gene cause progressive osseous heteroplasia (POH). New England Journal of
Medicine. Vol. 346: 99-106; January 10, 2002.