Jeff Li

Student at Avenues New York

New York, New York, United States

About

If you’re working at the intersection of sustainability, finance, and innovation, I’d love to connect.

Experience

  • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND EVOTEC BIOENGINEERING MENTORSHIP - INTERN at Evotec
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    + Conduct hands-on lab research to enhance PETase enzyme production to improve the efficiency of recycling systems using protein purification, bacterial transformation, cell quality control using advanced methods like SDS-PAGE, western blotting, and using bioreactors to optimize protein yields + Collaborated with scientists across multiple disciplines, shadowing professionals to understand the scalability of synthetic enzyme technologies and the technology lifecycle, from lab to commercialization + Research paper currently under review: Exploration of Synthetic Protein Production Techniques to Alleviate the Harms of Plastic Pollution - Deep diving into Biotech Investment

  • United Nations-ACCREDITED YOUTH-LED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE REFUSEANDREUSE - FOUNDER /TEAM LEADER at Refuse and Reuse
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    + Founded RefuseandReuse.org to bring awareness to the harms of single-use plastic, environmental awareness, and intersections between the environment and long term investments (finance). + Recognized United Nations NGO with official position speaking and presenting at UNOC3 + Partners in China, Dominican Republic, Ghana, and various other countries + Investment sub-project focused on ESG companies. R&R Investment Group. Bringing ESG to the broader audience.

  • Mentorship at J.P. Morgan
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Advanced Band at AVENUES NEW YORK at Avenues New York
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    +Meeting in the mornings for 3 days every week to prepare challenging pieces to perform at various events. + Volunteering and performances at multiple notable venues, including Chelsea piers, the Rebecca school, lincoln jazz center and brooklyn musuem. +Only Euphonium player

  • Essentials of Finance at Wharton Global Youth Program
    Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 · 2 mos

    - 14 day intensive programming delving into the core of finance. - learnt about various financial valuation metrics and concepts - Learnt to work a DCF and DDM on Excel through the valuation of JPmorgan. - Delve into risk, WACC, comp analysis, analyzing complete financial statements of companies, investor relations. - Completed Stock pitch on JPmorgan and valuation using DCF and DDM, including ISS and governance factors