2009年，青岛大学获学士学位；
2017年，中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所获发育生物学博士学位；
2017年-2025年，先后在美国华盛顿大学和霍华德·休斯医学研究所（Howard Hughes Medical Institute, HHMI）从事博士后研究，后期任高级研究助理；
2025年，进入中国科学院植物研究所，任研究员。

• Chen LL, Maes M, Cochran A, Avila J, Derbyshire P, Sklenar J, Haas K, Villén J, Menke F, Torii K*. 2025. Preventing iInappropriate signals Pre- and Post-ligand perception by a toggle switch mechanism of ERECTA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 122:e2420196122

• Li N^#, Chen LL^#, Yunhai Li YH*. 2023. Control of grain size and number by MAPK signaling in rice. Seed Biology, 2:15

• Chen LL, Torii K*. 2023. Signaling in plant development and immunity through the lens of the stomata. Current Biology, 33 , R733-R742

• Chen LL, Cochran A, Waite J, Shirasu K, Bemis S, Torii K*. 2023. Direct attenuation of Arabidopsis ERECTA signaling by a pair of U-box E3 ligases. Nature Plants, 9:112-127

• Peng YC^#, Chen LL^#, Li SJ^#, Zhang YY, Xu R, Liu ZP, Liu WX, Kong JJ, Huang XH, Wang YC, Cheng BJ, Zheng LY, Li YH*. 2018. BRI1 and BAK1 interact with G proteins and regulate sugar-responsive growth and development in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 9:1522

• Dong H^#, Dumenil J^#, Lu FH^#, Na L^#, Vanhaeren H, Naumann C, Klecker M, Prior R, Smith C, McKenzie N, Saalbach G, Chen LL, Xia T, Gonzalez N, Seguela M, Inzé D, Dissmeyer N, Li YH*, Bevan M*. 2017. Ubiquitylation activates a peptidase that promotes cleavage and destabilization of its activating E3 ligases and diverse growth regulatory proteins to limit cell proliferation in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development, 31 : 197-208

• Chen LL^#, Peng YC^#, Tian J, Wang XH, Kong ZS, Mao TL, Yuan M, Li YH*. 2016. TCS1, a microtubule-binding protein, interacts with KCBP/ZWICHEL to regulate trichome cell shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 12: e1006266

• Peng YC^#, Chen LL^#, Lu YR^#, Wu YB^#, Dumenil J, Zhu ZG, Bevan M, Li YH*. 2015. The ubiquitin receptors DA1, DAR1 and DAR2 redundantly regulate endoreduplication by modulating the stability of TCP14/TCP15 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 27:649–662

• Du L^#, Li N^#, Chen LL, Xu YX, Li Y, Zhang YY, Li CY, Li YH*. 2014. The ubiquitin receptor DA1 regulates seed and organ size by modulating the stability of the ubiquitin-specific protease UBP15/SOD2 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 26:665-677

• Peng YC^#, Ma WY^#, Chen LL, Yang L, Li SJ, Zhao HT, Zhao YK, Jin WH, Li N, Bevan M, Li X, Tong YP, and Li YH*. 2013. Control of root meristem size by DA1-related protein 2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant physiology, 161:1542–1556