Ning Li
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Also recorded as
- Dr. Ning Li
- Born
- 14 January 1943 · attributed: according to Berryhill Funeral Home, not independently verified
- Age
- 79 · as reported by Berryhill Funeral Home (attributed), at the recorded event
- Fields
- Not classified yet: categories await the owner’s taxonomy review
- Organisations
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research · attributed
AC Gravity, founder · attributed - Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
No established summary yet.
Biography
Dr. Ning Li of Huntsville, Alabama, physicist known for superconductivity and gravity research, is the person described by the Berryhill Funeral Home obituary and the Huntsville Business Journal (2023).
Born on Jan 14, 1943, according to the dates on the funeral-home obituary; this conflicts with the age of 79 the same obituary gives. Attributed
The funeral-home obituary says she was 79 years old. Attributed
Arrived in the United States from China in 1983, according to the Huntsville Business Journal. Attributed
Physicist working on superconductivity and its proposed gravitational effects, according to the Huntsville Business Journal and her obituary. Attributed
Worked at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, according to the Huntsville Business Journal and PolitiFact. Attributed
Founded the company AC Gravity to commercialise her research, according to the Huntsville Business Journal and PolitiFact. Attributed
Between 1991 and 1993 wrote, with co-author Douglass Torr, a series of papers on gravitational effects of superconductors, according to the Huntsville Business Journal. The papers themselves were not read. Attributed
In 2001 the U.S. Department of Defense awarded AC Gravity a grant of $448,970 to continue the research; the Huntsville Business Journal says its results were never published. Attributed
Known for research on superconductivity and proposed anti-gravity effects; her obituary calls her "one of the world's leading scientists in super-conductivity anti-gravity". Attributed
The Huntsville Business Journal states she was never a missing person in any legal or official sense and rebuts online claims that she disappeared or went back to China. Attributed
Died on July 27, 2021, according to the funeral-home obituary ("passed peacefully away"). Attributed
Not established
- Not establishedNo read source states where she died; the obituary gives her residence as Huntsville, Alabama. Not established in the reviewed sources; Berryhill obituary, HBJ (2023) and PolitiFact (2026) read 2026-11-11: residence Huntsville only; no place of death.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo read source states a cause of death; PolitiFact says the reason for her death is not public. Not established in the reviewed sources; Berryhill obituary, HBJ (2023) and PolitiFact (2026) read 2026-11-11; PolitiFact: "the reasons for their deaths are not public".; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo reviewed source mentions any official determination. Not established in the reviewed sources; Same scope as cl-medical-cause.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Ning Li Obituary Jul 27, 2021 - Berryhill Funeral Home & Crematory (opens in a new tab)Berryhill Funeral Home & Crematory (Huntsville, AL), 2021 · Funeral-home obituary · read
- Uncovering the mystery of Huntsville's brilliant anti-gravity scientist - Huntsville Business Journal (opens in a new tab)Huntsville Business Journal, 2023 · News report · readAuthor: Noah Logan
- Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons? (opens in a new tab)PolitiFact (Poynter Institute), 2026 · News report · readAuthor: Loreben Tuquero