Karen Li completed her doctoral studies in 1996 at University of Toronto, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at Duke University in North Carolina and the Max Planck Institute for Lifespan Development in Berlin, Germany. She joined the Psychology department at Concordia University in 2000 and is presently a Full Professor of Psychology, with a research focus on cognitive aging, and the role of executive functions in multitasking, gait, and posture. She directs the Laboratory for Adult Development and Cognitive Aging, and has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Fonds de recherche du Québec. She is a member of the PERFORM Centre for preventive health research, the Centre for Research in Human Development, and the engAGE Centre for Studies of Aging.