FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Bo Li as assistant professor of music in music production: audio engineering, effective Aug. 1.
Li is currently clinical assistant professor of animation at Arizona State University as well as a sound class tutor for Best Fit Education, Amazing Arts Education and ATA Creativity Global.
He was sound supervisor for the film “Unforgotten,” winning a gold medal at the Student Academy Awards and other best-film awards at Oscar-qualifying festivals such as Cinequest. He has worked on immersive 360-degree soundscapes as a designer with Thea Award-winning theme park company Ears Up Sound Design for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi and collaborated with top game companies such as Tencent and Electronic Arts.
Li has received the Gold Award Statue for Acoustic Electronic Music at the Denver International Festival of Arts & Technology, Chunhui Cup Award in Audio Technology from China’s Ministry of Education and Silver Award at the China Sound Academy Award in addition to third prize at the Berlin International Sound Design Competition and second prize at the Beijing International Electronic Music Festival.
“Bo Li is an audio professional whose life revolves around the emotional power of sound and enthusiastically shares his passion with others,” said Abra Bush, David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean. “We happily welcome his unique expertise and look forward to how he will enrich the Jacobs community.”
Li served as a distinguished judge for the Berlin Sound Design Competition and beta-tested audio industry-standard software Pro Tools and Vocoflex AI. As a clinical assistant professor at Arizona State University, he built and managed Dolby Atmos studios and mentored students who advanced to institutions such as the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins, Savannah College of Art and Design and Boston University.
He has employed AI-generated sound in time-based media, and his project “Until We Meet Again,” created in collaboration with Illumination Entertainment director Momo Wang and sponsored by Kling AI, premiered at the China National Film Museum. Li’s ongoing research in VR/XR, spatial audio, ambisonics, interactive media, experimental composition and sonic arts invites open discussion at the crossroads of humanity and engineering.
“The Music Industry Department is excited to be joined by Bo Li, who will teach our audio engineering majors,” said Michael Stucker, department chair. “Bo’s professional experience will add a distinct perspective to continue our department’s growth in sound for visual media and expand into the use of AI with sound.”