Heng Li

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Heng Li

Summary

Heng Li is a human[1]. He worked as a bioinformatician[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Heng Li's professions included bioinformatician[2].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was Broad Institute[4].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was Wellcome Sanger Institute[5].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was BGI Genomics[6].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was Aarhus University[7].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was Harvard Medical School[8].
  • Among Heng Li's employers was Dana–Farber Cancer Institute[9].
  • Heng Li was educated at Institute of Theoretical Physics[10].
  • Heng Li's education included a stint at Nanjing University[11].
  • Heng Li received the Benjamin Franklin Award[12].
  • Heng Li is recorded as male[13].
  • Heng Li's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Heng Li's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0003-4874-2874[15].
  • Heng Li's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j646j5[16].
  • Heng Li's ResearcherID is recorded as D-9344-2011[17].
  • Heng Li's Scopus author ID is recorded as 12777127000[18].
  • Heng Li's GitHub account is recorded as hlilab[19].
  • Heng Li's DBLP author ID is recorded as 02/3672-2[20].
  • Heng Li's Publons author ID is recorded as 1331856[21].

Body

Education

Educated at Institute of Theoretical Physics[10], a facility[22], in People's Republic of China[23], founded in 1978[24] and Nanjing University[11], a public university[25], in People's Republic of China[26], founded in 1915[27], headquartered in Nanjing[28].

Career and Affiliations

Heng Li worked as a bioinformatician[2]. Employers include Broad Institute[4], a research institute[29], in United States[30]; Wellcome Sanger Institute[5], a research institute[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1992[33], headquartered in Hinxton[34]; BGI Genomics[6], a business[35], in People's Republic of China[36], founded in 1999[37], headquartered in Shenzhen[38]; Aarhus University[7], a public university[39], in Denmark[40], founded in 1928[41], headquartered in Aarhus[42]; Harvard Medical School[8], a medical school[43], in United States[44], founded in 1782[45]; and Dana–Farber Cancer Institute[9], a hospital[46], in United States[47], founded in 1947[48], headquartered in Boston[49].

Recognition

Heng Li received the Benjamin Franklin Award[12].

Why It Matters

Heng Li ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did Heng Li do for work?

Heng Li worked as bioinformatician[2].

Where did Heng Li go to school?

Heng Li was educated at Institute of Theoretical Physics[10] and Nanjing University[11].

What awards did Heng Li receive?

Honors received include Benjamin Franklin Award[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [4] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  25. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  26. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  27. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  28. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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