A&S alum Christopher Li aims to accelerate the discovery of life-saving drugs as co-founder and CEO of BioBox

July 22, 2025 by David Goldberg - A&S News

Arts & Science alum Christopher Li is accelerating the discovery of life-saving drugs as co-founder and CEO of BioBox.
Arts & Science alum Christopher Li is accelerating the discovery of life-saving drugs as co-founder and CEO of BioBox.Photo credit: Supplied.

Arts & Science alum Christopher Li is navigating his startup venture with three other U of T alumni, leveraging their interdisciplinary skillsets and the Faculty of Arts & Science’s vast resources for entrepreneurs.

“U of T Entrepreneurship opportunities, like our collaboration with the U of T Early Stage Technology Program (UTEST), played one of the most important roles in our journey,” says Li, who earned his honours bachelor of science in neuroscience and pharmacology in 2015 as a member of St. Michael’s College.

He started BioBox in 2019 with fellow U of T graduate students Hamza Farooq, Julian Mazzitelli and Lauren Phillips.

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