Contact Us

Insterested in working in the Li lab?

We combine chemistry, microbiology, and enzymology in an effort to understand the mechanisms of bacterial infections and develop antibiotics. Projects include biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of natural products, discovery of new antibiotics, and mechanistic studies of antibiotics and virulence factors.

If you want to join us for group meeting, please reach out to Will Simke at wsimke@live.unc.edu to get the meeting time and location. We look forward to seeing you there!

Undergraduate students

Submit your CV/resume, a one-page cover letter describing your career goals, your unofficial transcript (including GPA) and the name and email address of at least one UNC STEM faculty member from whom you have taken class or lab to boli@email.unc.edu. Applicants who have completed organic chemistry and biology labs are preferred. Outstanding first-year students will also be considered.

Graduate students

Apply to The UNC Chemistry Deparment or The UNC Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program.

Postdocs

We seek motivated individuals with a strong record of independent research and creative problem solving. Applicants must have, or be completing, a Ph.D. in chemistry or biological sciences with training in chemical biology, organic synthesis, biochemistry, microbiology, or a related field. To apply, submit your CV, a one-page cover letter describing research interests and experience, career goals, and the names of three professional references with email addresses to boli@email.unc.edu.

Bo Li, Ph.D.

Email: boli@email.unc.edu
Office: Genome Sciences Building 3256
Phone: 919-843-4436

Mailing address

Bo Li
Department of Chemistry, CB3290
125 South Road
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290

Shipping address

Li Lab
Genome Sciences Building 3244
250 Bell Tower Drive
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Professor Bo Li

Bo was born and raised in Jilin, China. She obtained her B.S. from Beijing University and her Ph. D. in Biochemistry in 2009 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois, Bo carried out her thesis work with Prof. Wilfred van der Donk, focusing on enzymatic transformations for generating complex macrocyclic peptides. Bo conducted her postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Christopher T. Walsh at Harvard Medical School as a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow. At Harvard Med, she investigated the microbial pathways for making disulfide-containing natural products and their immunity mechanisms. Bo started her position in 2013 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at UNC, Chapel Hill. Read more here: Bo Li CV