Researcher · Academic · Founder
Bo Li
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAssociate Professor
Li develops ways to uncover and prevent security failures in AI systems. Her work uses automated attacks to expose unsafe behaviour before deployment and builds safeguards that help organizations control what AI agents can access and do.
Career & education
Current roleUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2018-presentAssociate Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2018-presentPreviously
Meta2026-2026AI security researcher, Meta Superintelligence Labs
Virtue AI2024-2026Co-founder and CEO
UC Berkeley2017-2018Postdoc
Meta2026-2026Virtue AI2024-2026UC Berkeley2017-2018Education
Vanderbilt UniversityWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
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citations68,651As of Oct 4, '26
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