Li Sallou Boynton (born October 5, 1991) is an American investment fund manager and former student scientist. Her bioluminescent bacteria-based method for detecting water pollutants won the top award at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. [1] [2] She was profiled in the Texas Tribune , [3] and Houston Chronicle, [4] and sat in the First Lady's box at President Barack Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address. [5] [6]
She currently is the CEO of Monarch Investment Management, a fund investing in emerging publicly traded biotech companies. In 2024, she joined the board of Fuzionaire Theranostics. [7] She has a bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from Yale University. [7]