Kai Li is a Paul M. Wythes '55, P'86, and Marcia R. Wythes P'86 Professor at Princeton University, where he worked as a faculty member since 1986. Before joining Princeton University, he received his Ph.D. degree from Yale University. His research expertise is in building parallel and distributed systems, deduplication storage systems, and data analysis and search for large datasets. He co-founded Data Domain, Inc., in 2001, serving in roles as the initial CEO, CTO, and Consulting Chief Scientist. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the ACM, and a Fellow of the IEEE.