Experiences

Education

Jan., 2022 - Present
Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Biomedical Engineering
@ Department of Biomedical Engineering,
    Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Advisor: Pengyu Ren

Aug., 2018 - Jun., 2020
M.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry
@ Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
    State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Advisor: Liangren Zhang
Focused on incorporating machine learning method into computational models to speed up the early stage of drug discovery.

Aug., 2014 - Jun., 2018
B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
@ School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Advisor: Liangren Zhang

Teaching Experience

BME303L Introduction to Computing (Spring 2022)
Teaching Assistant, Instructor: Prof. Tim Yeh
@ The University of Texas at Austin

  • Leading the computer labs covering basic C++ and Python programing
  • Designing, proctoring and grading the exams

Computer Aided Drug Design Lab (Fall 2018 & Spring 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Instructor: Prof. Yan Niu
@ Peking University

  • Teaching students how to use scientific software related to drug design, including Sybyl, Discovery Studio, and Gaussian;
  • Supervising students to do projects, including QSAR, binding mode prediction, and molecular geometry optimization.

Work Experience

Galixir
Feb. 2021 - Jan. 2022 @ Beijing, China
Algorithm Engineer in the algorithrm application team
Leading and participating in several AI-aided drug R&D pipelines (discovery and pre-clinical stages)

XtalPi Inc.
Oct. 2020 - Feb. 2021 @ Shenzhen, China
Intern in AIDD (Artificial Intelligence aided Drug Discovery) team
Participating in a project concering chemical reaction related prediction, e.g. yields, conditions, catalysts, reactivity, etc.

StoneWise Technology Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2018 - Jan. 2019 @ Beijing, China
Intern in the algorithm team
Participating in a project concering scaffold-based molecular generation

XtalPi Inc.
Oct. 2017 - Feb. 2018 @ Beijing, China
Intern in the algorithm team
Participating in a project concering binding affinity prediction and discovery of enzyme inhibitors

Conference

Aug. 2024, NIH Electrostatics Workshop @ Washington, DC, USA (Oral Presentation)

Aug. 2024, ACS Meeting Fall 2024 @ Denver, CO, USA (Oral Presentation)

Jun. 2024, Tinker Developer Workshop @ Pisa, Italy (Oral Presentation)

Aug. 2023, ACS Meeting Fall 2023 @ San Francisco, CA, USA (Poster Presentation)

Jun. 2022, Tinker Developer Workshop @ Washington, DC, USA

Oct. 2021, The 16th National Conference on Computer Chemistry of China
@ Changchun, Jilin, China

Nov. 2019, The 15th National Conference on Computer Chemistry of China
@ Shanghai, China (Poster Presentation)

Aug. 2019, Chinese Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (CMCS) & CPA-EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (CPA-EFMC ISMC) @ Chengdu, Sichuan, China
(Poster Presentation)

Oct. 2017, The 1st International Symposium on Frontiers of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs-Innovations on Drugs Driven by the Integration of Chemical Biology
@ Beijing, China

Aug. 2017, Chinese Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (CMCS) & CPA-EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (CPA-EFMC ISMC) @ Beijing, China

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