1996年7月本科畢業(yè)于石河子大學(xué)農(nóng)田水利工程專(zhuān)業(yè)，1999年7月碩士畢業(yè)于石河子大學(xué)農(nóng)業(yè)水土工程專(zhuān)業(yè)，2002年7月獲西安理工大學(xué)水文學(xué)及水資源學(xué)博士學(xué)位。2002年7月至2005年3月在中國(guó)科學(xué)院地理科學(xué)與資源研究所進(jìn)行博士后研究，2008年3月至2009年3月在美國(guó)Iowa State University公派訪問(wèn)學(xué)者，2015年8月至2016年3月赴加拿大University of Saskatchewan公派訪問(wèn)學(xué)者。2005年為西北農(nóng)林科技大學(xué)水利與建筑工程學(xué)院副教授，2011年轉(zhuǎn)為副研究員，2013年晉升為研究員。

2006年獲陜西省青年突擊手榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)，2007年獲楊凌十大杰出青年榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)，2009年獲西北農(nóng)林科技大學(xué)科研先進(jìn)個(gè)人榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)，2010年獲校優(yōu)秀共產(chǎn)黨員榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)。

現(xiàn)任《Science of the Total Environment》、《Catena》、《Agricultural Water Management》、《Irrigation Science》、《農(nóng)業(yè)工程學(xué)報(bào)》、《農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械學(xué)報(bào)》、《土壤學(xué)報(bào)》、《地理學(xué)報(bào)》、《自然資源學(xué)報(bào)》等國(guó)內(nèi)外學(xué)術(shù)期刊審稿人，國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金青年、地區(qū)、面上項(xiàng)目評(píng)審專(zhuān)家。自然資源學(xué)會(huì)

1、鹽堿地節(jié)水控鹽減排研究

2、氣候變化對(duì)干旱嚴(yán)重度的影響
3、極端降水和溫度時(shí)空分布規(guī)律
4、斥水土壤中的水分運(yùn)動(dòng)規(guī)律模擬

先后主持完成國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金青年基金（50709028）、國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金新疆聯(lián)合基金（U1203182）、陜西省國(guó)際合作重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目（(2012KW-24-01)）、西北農(nóng)林科技大學(xué)青年學(xué)術(shù)骨干支持計(jì)劃（2007）、中央高�；�本科研業(yè)務(wù)費(fèi)青年項(xiàng)目（QN2009087）、優(yōu)青專(zhuān)項(xiàng)（YQ2013006）及培育項(xiàng)目（Z109021562），正在主持國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金面上項(xiàng)目（51579213）、外國(guó)專(zhuān)家引進(jìn)項(xiàng)目（G20190027163）、基本科研業(yè)務(wù)費(fèi)前沿與交叉研究項(xiàng)目（2452019178）等。參加完成國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目（91125010），正在參加國(guó)家高技術(shù)研究發(fā)展u2018863u2019計(jì)劃（SS2013AA100904）、 “十二五”國(guó)家科技支撐計(jì)劃子項(xiàng)目和高等學(xué)校學(xué)科創(chuàng)新引智計(jì)劃（B12007）。

長(zhǎng)期致力于本科、碩士、博士生的培養(yǎng)和本專(zhuān)業(yè)相關(guān)的教學(xué)科研工作，先后承擔(dān)本科生氣候變化對(duì)干旱的影響（新生研討課）、水分析化學(xué)、水環(huán)境質(zhì)量監(jiān)測(cè)與評(píng)價(jià)、水災(zāi)害防治、隨機(jī)水文學(xué)、水利水能規(guī)劃（含課程設(shè)計(jì)）、水利水電規(guī)劃、專(zhuān)業(yè)英語(yǔ)等課程教學(xué)，為博、碩士研究生講授土壤物理學(xué)、水環(huán)境理論與方法、農(nóng)業(yè)水文學(xué)等課程。

近年來(lái)，主編（參編）教材1部，出版專(zhuān)著2部。在國(guó)內(nèi)外學(xué)術(shù)期刊上發(fā)表論文110余篇，其中SCI和EI收錄71篇。近3年發(fā)表的學(xué)術(shù)論文有:
[1] Ayantobo, Olusola. O., Yi Li*, Songbai Song. Multivariate drought frequency analysis using four-variate symmetric and asymmetric Archimedean Copula functions. Water Resources Management, 2019, 33:103u2013127. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-018-2090-6 （IF:2.987）
[2] Linchao Li, Ning Yao, Yi Li*, Deli Liu, Bin Wang, Ayantobo, Olusola. O. Future projections of extreme temperature events in different sub-regions of China. Atmospheric Research, 2019,217:150-164.
[3] Yi Li, Ning Yao*, Dexiu Tang, Henry Wai Chau, Hao Feng. Soil water repellency decreases summer maize growth. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019, 266u2013267: 1u201311（IF: 4.189）
[4] Ayantobo, Olusola. O., Yi Li*, Songbai Song. Copula-based trivariate drought frequency analysis approach in seven climatic sub-regions of Chinese mainland over 1961u20132013. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019.
[5] Ning Yao, Yi Li*, Lingling Peng. Effects of different reference crop evapotranspiration estimator equations on drought changes in China using standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index. Land Degradation & Development, 2019, accepted
[6] Yi Liu, Yi Li*, Linchao Li, Chunyan Chen. Spatiotemporal variability of monthly and annual snow depths in Xinjiang, China over 1961-2015. Water, 2019, 11(8) (in press)
[7] Na Li, Haixia Lin, Tianxue Wang,Yi Li*. Impact of climate change on cotton growth and yields in Xinjiang, China. Field Crops Research, 2019, accepted
[8] Xinguo Chen, Yi Li*, Huichao Zhao, Javed Tehseen, Linchao Li. The spatiotemporal variations of soil water content and temperature affected by precipitation at the daily, monthly and annual timescales in China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019，accepted
[9] Ning Yao, Yi Li*, Na Li, Daqing Yang, Ayantobo O. Olaitan. Bias correction of precipitation data and its effects on aridity and drought assessment in China over 1961u20132015. Science of The Total Environment, 2018, 639: 1015-1027 （IF: 4.610）
[10] Ning Yao, Yi Li*, Tianjie Lei*, Lingling Peng. Drought evolution, severity and trends in Chinese mainland over 1961-2013. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 616-617: 73-89 (IF: 4.610)
[11] Ning Yao, Yi Li, Changfeng Sun. Effects of changing climate on reference evapotranspiration over 1961-2013 in Xinjiang, China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2018, 131(1), 349-362. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1977-5 (IF:2.321)
[12] Ayantobo, Olusola. O., Yi Li*, Songbai Song, Tehseen Javed, Ning Yao. Probabilistic modelling of drought events in China via 2-dimensional joint copula. Journal of Hydrology, 2018, 559: 373-391 (IF:3.727)
[13] Ayantobo, Olusola. O., Yi Li*, Songbai Song. Multivariate drought frequency analysis using four-variate symmetric and asymmetric Archimedean Copula functions. Water Resources Management, 2018, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-018-2090-6 （IF:2.644）
[14] Na Li, Yi Li, Ning Yao. Bias correction of the observed daily precipitation and redivision of climatic zones in China. International Journal of Climatology. 2018, 38: 3369u20133387.
[15] Siyi Li, Yi Li*, Haixia Lin, Hao　Feng, Miles Dyck. Effects of different mulching technologies on evapotranspiration and summer maize growth. Agricultural Water Management, 2018, 201: 309-318 （IF：3.182）
[16] Xiaofang Wang, Yi Li*. Performance of HYDRUS-1D for simulating water movement in water-repellent soils. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2018, 98: 1u201314. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0116 (IF:1.085)
[17] Xiaofang Wang, Yi Li*, Ren Xin. Simulation of water movement in layered water-repellent soils using HYDRUS-1D. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2018, 82: 1101u20131112. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.01.0056 (IF: 1.92)
[18] Yi Li, Xin Ren, Robert Hill, Robert. Malone, Ying Zhao. Characteristics of water infiltration in layered water repellent soils. Pedosphere, 2018, 28 (5): 775u2013792. DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60414-4 (IF: 2.430)
[19] Yang Ding, Yi Li, Linchao Li, NingYao, Wei Hu, Daqing Yang, Chunyan Chen. Spatiotemporal variations of snow characteristics in Xinjiang, China over 1961-2013. Hydrology Research, 2018, 1578-1593. doi: 10.2166/nh.2017.035 (IF: 1.801)
[20] Yicheng Wang, Yi Li*, Xiaofang Wang, Henry Wai Chau. 2018. Finger flow development in layered water-repellent soils. Vadose Zone Journal.17: 170171. doi:10.2136/vzj2017.09.0171（IF:2.710）
[21] Yichen Wang, Xiaofang Wang, Henry Wai Chau, Bingcheng Si, Ning Yao, Yi Li*. Water movement and finger flow characterization in homogenous water-repellent soils. Vadose Zone Journal. 2018，17:180021. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.01.0021（IF:2.710）
[22] Yi Li, Ning Yao, Henry Wai Chau. Influences of removing linear and nonlinear trends from climatic variables on temporal variations of annual reference crop evapotranspiration in Xinjiang, China. Science of the Total Environment，2017，592：680-692.
[23] Yi Li, Changfeng Sun. Impacts of the superimposed climate trends on droughts over 1961-2013 in Xinjiang, China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology，2017, 129(3): 977-994. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1822-x ((IF:2.720)
[24] Yi Li, Ning Yao, Sinan Sahin, Willemijn M. Appels. Spatiotemporal variability of four precipitation-based drought indices in Xinjiang, China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2017, 129(3): 1017-1034. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1827-5 (IF:2.720)
[25] Olusola. O. Ayantobo, Yi Li, Songbai Song, Ning Yao. Spatial comparability of drought characteristics and related return periods in Chinese mainland over 1961 u2013 2013. 2017，Journal of Hydrology, 550: 549-567 (IF: 4.9)
[26] Lingling Peng, Yi Li, Hao Feng. The best alternative for estimating reference crop evapotranspiration in different sub-regions of Chinese mainland. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (1) :5458 .doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05660-y (IF: 4.29)
[27] Yi Li, Chunyan Chen, Changfeng Sun. Drought severity and change in Xinjiang, China over 1961-2013. Hydrology Research, 2017, 48(5): 1343-1362, doi: 10.2166/nh.2016.026 (IF: 1.57)
[28] Yi Li, Wang Xiaofang, Zhenkai Cao, Bingcheng Si. Soil water repellency characteristic curve influenced by drying and wetting processes. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2017, 97: 226u2013240. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0003 (IF: 0.94)
[29] Xiao Zhenzhen, Li Yi, Feng Hao. Modeling soil cation concentration and sodium adsorption ratio using observed diffuse reflectance spectra. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2016, Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 96: 372u2013385. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0002(IF: 0.94)
[30] Zhang Pei, Li Yi. Study on the comparisons of the establishment of two mathematical modeling methods for soil organic matter content based on spectral reflectance. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis,2016,36(3):903-910，DOI：10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2016)03-0903-08 (IF: 0.49)
[31] Xiao Zhenzhen, Li Yi, Feng Hao. Hyperspectral models and forcasting of physico-chemical properties for salinized soils in northwest China. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2016, 36(5):1615-1622(IF: 0.49)
[32] 李毅，付亞亞，唐德秀，李思逸，馮浩. 砂石覆蓋條件下冬小麥蒸散量的單、雙作物系數(shù)法估算. 農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械學(xué)報(bào)，2018，49(3): 261-270（EI收錄）
[33] 唐德秀, 李毅, 劉俸, 等. 土壤斥水性對(duì)不同植物種子發(fā)芽率的影響. 灌溉排水學(xué)報(bào), 2018, 37(8): 83-90
[34] 付亞亞，李毅，馮浩. 不同砂石覆蓋量對(duì)土壤水分及冬小麥生長(zhǎng)過(guò)程的影響. 2017,水土保持學(xué)報(bào)，2017，31(6): 139-147