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Tonglei Li

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1982
Crystallization and Solubility StudiesX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyCrystallography and molecular interactionsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems

Publications

307

Citations

5,203

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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Tonglei Li's research focuses on pharmaceutical materials science, particularly how drug molecules crystallize, dissolve, and are delivered in the body. Recent work combines traditional crystallography and solubility studies with computational and machine learning approaches to predict drug behavior, such as how molecules bind proteins, cross the blood-brain barrier, or cause liver toxicity. The group also studies drug delivery systems including nanoparticles, lipid nanoparticles, and long-acting injectable formulations.

Drug crystallization and polymorphismMachine learning and deep learning for drug property predictionNanoparticle and lipid-based drug deliveryLong-acting injectable formulationsComputational simulation of drug dissolution and pharmacokinetics

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, peaking around 2018 and 2021, but has generally slowed in the most recent years (2023-2025) compared to earlier peaks.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.2/year recently
2017: 15 publications172018: 29 publications182019: 20 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 31 publications31212022: 27 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×69
  • Pharmaceutical Research×19
  • Crystal Growth & Design×11
  • CrystEngComm×8
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics×6
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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