Li Jitong
Li was born on August 24, 1897, in Xinghua, Jiangsu, Qing China.[1][2]: 530 After graduating from the University of Nanking, he received government funding to move to the United States and enrolled in the Yale Forest School.[2]: 530 [3] In 1925, he received a PhD with the doctoral thesis on "Soil Temperature as Influenced by Forest Cover".That same year, Li published a paper on the transient effects of photosynthesis in the 43rd volume of Annals of Botany.[1][2]: 530 Li has been recognized as a pioneer for the study of plant physiology in China.