Experiences

Visiting Student
AGI Lab @ Westlake University

May 2025 - Present

  • Working on generative model theories, especially test-time scaling techniques for diffusion and flow models
Undergraduate Researcher
Zhao Group @ Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Sep 2024 - Present

  • Constructing graph neural networks (GNNs) to model protein structures and interactions
  • Designing a multi-modal co-contrastive learning framework to learn enzyme functions and chemical reactions
  • Working on generative models to explore the latent space of protein structures and enable de novo function prediction and design.
  • Constructing biological knowledge graphs, integrating datasets to support machine learning tasks
  • Exploring protein dynamics representations to enhance graph representations of protein structures
Research Group
Education Lead
Illinois Data Science Club

May 2024 - Present

  • Developing educational resources and staying updated on data science trends
  • Mentoring club members and teaching data science
  • Organizing workshops and driving improvements in educational experience
Club Website LinkTree
2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2025

  • Presented my research, "Graph Neural Network for Enhanced Protein Solubility Prediction."
Symposium Info