Dr. Guiying Li joined TB Alliance in May 2020 as the Senior Manager, Project Management for Preclinical Programs. Dr. Li has over 20 years of experience in research and development of small molecules for treatment of CNS disorders, cancers and infectious diseases. She has worked for biopharmaceutical, biotechnology companies and non-profit organizations including Lundbeck, Neurogen, Kelun Biotech BioPharmaceutical, where she served as Director of Medicinal Chemistry, and most recently at TB Alliance where she was a consultant managing preclinical discovery programs. Dr. Li has either led or played a critical role in advancing several compounds from early discovery to early development.
Dr. Li completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the United States National Institutes of Health. She has doctorate and Master’s degrees in Organic Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Wuhan University. She has 31 peer-reviewed publications, 31 published patent applications and 11 issued US patents.