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Postdoctoral researcher Haoran Li died at his home in West Windsor last night, according to an email sent to campus employees. Li recently defended his dissertation in electrical and computer engineering and was a member of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
Li received his undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University in 2019, where he received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in electrical engineering. Li arrived at Princeton in August 2019 and earned his master’s in 2021. He finished his PhD in June, according to his LinkedIn.
The campus message shared that resources and support will be available through Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), the Office of Religious Life, and the student affairs team at the Graduate School. Students wishing to speak with a counselor can call 609-258-3141, CPS Cares Line, which is available 24/7.
“We know that every member of our community joins us in sending condolences to Haoran’s family and in wishing them strength,” concluded the email, signed by Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun, Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett, and Dean of the Graduate School Rodney Priestly.
The email did not specify a cause of death. Li’s death is at least the eighth of a current or recent student at Princeton in the last four years, including four determined to be suicides.
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