Bo Li

Bo Li is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He holds affiliations with the Quantitative Biology Ph.D. Program and the Halicioglu Data Science Institute as a faculty member. His research focuses on scientific computing, numerical analysis, and applied mathematics with applications in biophysics, computational biology, materials science, and continuum mechanics. Current projects include biomolecular simulation, variational solvation methods, bacterial colony dynamics modeling, and neural network foundations. Li has led multiple funded research initiatives, including NIH and NSF grants, and has been involved in interdisciplinary collaborations. He teaches advanced courses such as Topics in Applied Mathematics (Math 217) and Numerical Analysis (Math 270B). His work bridges mathematical theory with computational methods for solving complex biological and physical systems.