Yanjing Li

I have a broad interest in AI for Drug Discovery/Biology/Chemistry.

I have been worked in the AI for Science lab at the California Institute of Technology with Prof. Anima Anandkumar and Dr. Shengchao Liu on molecule geometry learning. I also have a close collaboration with Prof. Hongyu Guo from the University of Ottawa and NRC Canada. I obtained my Master’s degree in Computational Biology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2023. During my time at CMU, I worked with Prof. Hosein Mohimani in natural antibiotics prediction from microbial genome. Meanwhile, I worked with Prof. David Ryan Koes and Ph.D. student Andrew McNutt from the University of Pittsburgh on deep-learning-based knowledge distillation for a protein-ligand docking tool GNINA. These experiences initialized my interest in computational drug design.

I also have dual Bachelor’s degrees from Southwest Jiaotong University in China and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium (sponsored as an exchange student).

Besides Research

• Bye Marco Reus - Captain of Dortmund forever I am a fan of Borussia Dortmund, a soccer club in Bundesliga. I have been to Westfalenstadion in the Signal Iduna Park in German to support the team.
• Cartoon character Crayon Shin-chan always helps me find warmth in the mundane and feel the beauty of life. He inspires me to take responsibility in my family and provide a better life for my loved ones.
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