Li Huaqiang, born in June 1989 in Enshi, Hubei, of Miao ethnicity, is an associate professor and master's supervisor at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, recruited under the university's “5151 Yuanzhi Outstanding Young Scholars” programme. The field is natural medicinal chemistry, with research on (1) discovering novel secondary metabolites of plants and fungi and (2) the material basis, mechanisms and targets of medicinal plants for chronic diseases. Li Huaqiang has isolated and identified more than 400 bioactive natural products from medicinal plants and fungi, including more than 150 new compounds, and published more than 30 SCI papers in journals such as Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Journal of Natural Products. Li Huaqiang leads one NSFC Young Scientists project, has participated in several national and provincial projects, and has applied for six invention patents (four granted).