Professor Jackie Li has a PhD in Actuarial Studies from the University of Melbourne and a PhD in Demography from Macquarie University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA). His research interests include stochastic mortality modelling, longevity risk pricing and hedging, general insurance claims reserving, and machine learning applications. He has published extensively in top-tier actuarial and demographic journals. He is an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, an Associate Editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, an Associate Editor for Lifetime Data Analysis, and a Guest Editor for Risks. He has led several high-profile research projects funded by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK), Actuaries Institute (Australia), and Insurance Risk and Finance Research Centre (Singapore). Throughout his academic tenure, Professor Li has secured around AUD$800,000 in research project funding. 

Professor Li is the Director of the Monash Actuarial Program. He manages the program's curriculum issues, accreditation matters, and course development. Under his leadership, the Monash Actuarial Program has been designated a Center of Actuarial Excellence (CAE) by the Society of Actuaries (US), an Actuarial Analytics specialisation and a vertical double degree (Bachelor + Master) have been successfully introduced, and the 5-year UNL Global Research Ranking (Business School Actuarial Science) of Monash has risen from 36th in 2016-2020 to 7th in 2020-2024. He is conferred Honorary Professor with Macquarie University. He is appointed as an Independent Examiner by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK). He is also appointed as an External Examiner by the University of East Anglia (UK) and Sunway University (Malaysia).

Jackie has received multiple teacher awards for his excellence in teaching, at all of the department, school, and university levels. Before joining academia, Jackie worked in the financial services industry for several years in general insurance and superannuation.