Hao Li, PhD
Senior Scientist, Lipid Chemistry
Dr. Li earned his MS in Chemistry from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and his PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2021. The focus during his academic career was molecular imaging using unique small molecule contrast agents, and that effort led to 7 JACS publications. Tired of playing the publication game, he started his industry career at Spark Therapeutics, part of the Roche Group, and branched out from organic chemistry into the worlds of drug delivery, material science and immunology. In 2023, he joined Innovac Therapeutics and oversaw internal lipid discovery, LNP formulation and mRNA delivery effort. Within a year, several highly favorable ionizable lipids were identified for Innovac’s internal pipelines with excellent patent claim.