Chris Li is a Technology and Geopolitics Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where his research and teaching cover U.S.-China relations, the geopolitics of Asia, and technology competition. He is also affiliated with the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy (DETS) program, where his work focuses on global competition in biotechnology and life sciences. Previously, Chris served as Director of Research for the Asia-Pacific Initiative at the Belfer Center, where he led projects examining Chinese politics and foreign policy, Taiwan and cross-strait relations, and U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific. He began his career at the Belfer Center as a research assistant to Graham Allison in the Avoiding Great Power War Project and to former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in the Technology and Public Purpose Project, while serving as coordinator of the China Working Group.
A proud native of New Jersey, Chris received his B.A. in biology from Harvard University and a M.A. in global affairs from Tsinghua University, where he was a Schwarzman Scholar. He is currently a PhD candidate in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard Medical School.
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Fellow, Belfer Center
