Dr. Tong Li is a material innovator and a scientist entrepreneur. She graduated from University of Victoria as a Ph.D. in Chemistry and received MBA certificate from an entrepreneur training program (i2I) at Beedie School of Business in Simon Fraser University. She co-founded a start up - Poly V Technology Inc. in 2021, where she brings the novel material she co-invented during her PhD to the market. Since 2016, Dr. Tong Li started her journey as a teaching assistant and a mentor. She taught many undergrad students and mentored several young scientists. She served in “Women In Science” organization as a mentor and influenced next generation female scientists. She believes a mentorship for young talented individuals is necessary and valuable. Her experience as a product line manager in new energy industry, a postdoc fellow in University of British Columbia and a new material developer in bio-sensor field make her start thinking that: PhD can do multiple things out of academia. HirePhD is dedicated to help talents with advanced degrees to build their successful career path. Dr. Li found this perfectly aligns with her vision. So she joined HirePhD in 2023 to help the community.