Man Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Man has a solid research background in the area of natural resource and environmental economics — especially that of land use change and environmental issues in China. Man also has interests in spatial modeling and urban economics.

Man joined IFPRI in July 2010. Prior to that, Man earned a PhD in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University. Her primary field of doctoral study is natural resource and environmental economics. She also has a PhD minor degree in statistics.