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Career profile

Ninghui Li

Inaugural Director of the Secure Intelligence Institute at Perplexity AI and Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Career path.

  1. Perplexity

    Director of the Secure Intelligence Institute

    Feb 2026 - Present
  2. Purdue University - Botany Dept.

    Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science

    Jan 2021 - Present
  3. Purdue University - Botany Dept.

    Associate Department Head of Computer Science

    Aug 2018 - Present
  4. Purdue University - Botany Dept.

    Professor of Computer Science

    Jul 2014 - Dec 2020
  5. Purdue University - Botany Dept.

    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    Jul 2008 - Jun 2014
  6. Purdue University - Botany Dept.

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    Aug 2003 - Jun 2008
  7. Stanford Linear Accelerator

    Research Associate

    Sep 2000 - Jul 2003