2008/09-2013/06，中国科学院海洋研究所，博士

2004/09-2008/06，西安交通大学，生命科学学院，本科

2016/01-至今，中国科学院海洋研究所，海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室，副研究员

2013/07-2015/12，中国科学院海洋研究所，海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室，助理研究员

1.科技基础资源调查专项，南海海洋生物多样性与生态学科学考察历史资料整编，2017-2022，149万元，参加

2.科技基础性工作专项，我国近海海洋生物DNA条形码资源库构建，2014-2019，1130万元，参加

3.中国科学院战略性先导科技专项（B类），深渊动物分布、物种演化和环境适应机制，2014-2018，209.05万元，参加

4.国家自然科学基金青年项目：长臂虾总科（十足目，真虾下目）分子系统学及其演化机制初探，2015-2017，25万元，主持

1.Kou Qi, Meland Kenneth, Li Xinzheng*, He Lisheng, Wang Yong. 2020.“Unicorn from Hades”, a new genus of Mysidae (Malacostraca: Mysida) from the Mariana Trench, with a systematic analysis of the deep-sea mysids.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 143: 106666.

2.Sui Jixing, Li Xinzheng,Kou Qi*.2019. A new species of the genusIntoshellaDarboux, 1899 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) commensal with a deep-sea sponge from a seamount near the Mariana Trench.Marine Biodiversity, 49: 1479–1488.

3.Kou Qi#, Gong Lin#, Li Xinzheng*. 2018. A new species of the deep-sea spongicolid genusSpongicoloides(Crustacea, Decapoda, Stenopodidea) and a new species of the glass sponge genusCorbitella(Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Euplectellidae) from a seamount near the Mariana Trench, with a novel commensal relationship between the two genera.Deep-sea Research Part I, 135: 88–107.       

4.Kou Qi#, Chen Jun#, Li Xinzheng*, He Lisheng, Wang Yong. 2017. A new species of the giant deep-sea isopod genusBathynomusA. Milne Edwards, 1879 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) fromHainanIsland,South China Sea.Integrative Zoology, 12: 283–291.       

5.Kou Qi, Li Xinzheng*, Gan Zhibin. 2016. Re-evaluation of the systematic status of two deep-water recordedPericlimenesspecies (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with a preliminary analysis on the evolution of certain echinoid-associated palaemonid shrimps and related taxa.Invertebrate Systematics, 30: 421–430.       

6.Shen Yanjun#,Kou Qi#, Chen Weitao, He Shunping, Yang Mei, Li Xinzheng*, Gan Xiaoni*. 2016. Comparative population structures of two dominant species,Shinkaia crosnieri(Munidopsidae: Shinkaia) andBathymodiolus platifrons(Mytilidae: Bathymodiolus), inhabiting both deep-sea vents and cold seep inferred from mitochondrial multi-genes.Ecology and Evolution, 6: 3571–3582.       

7.Kou Qi, Li Xinzheng*, Alexander J Bruce. 2016. Designation of a new genusBathymenesfor the deep-sea pontoniine shrimps of the ‘Periclimenes alcockispecies group’ (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae), with a checklist of the species assigned to the genus.Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 34: 170–176.       

8.Kou Qi, Li Xinzheng*, Chan Tin-Yam,ChuKa Hou.2015. Divergent evolutionary pathways and host shifts among the commensal pontoniine shrimps: a preliminary analysis based on selected Indo-Pacific species.Organism diversity and evolution, 15: 369–377.       

9.Kou Qi, Li Xinzheng*, Chan Tin-Yam,ChuKa Hou, Gan Zhibin. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the superfamily Palaemonoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveals discrepancies with the current classification.Invertebrate Systematics, 27: 502–514.