About Me
Hi, I’m Zhidian, a computational biologist. I use machine learning, molecular simulation and biophysical experiments to solve life sciences problems
- Current position:MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows (May 2024 – Present)
- Education:Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
PhD in Computational Biology
McGill University (Sep 2019 – Feb 2024)
Master of Science, Biochemistry (Jan 2018 – May 2019)
Bachelor of Science, Major Biochemistry, Minor Mathematics (Sep 2015 – Dec 2017) - Residence:USA, Switzerland
- Language:English/Chinese/French
My Skills
Machine Learning
protein/genomic language models
interpretability analysis
Data analysis
Python
Java
Linux Bash
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Docker
Slurm
Git
Molecular simulations (atomistic, CG, steered)
bioinformatics analyses
Protein design
Protein engineering
Gene mutagenesis
High-throughput drug screening
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Mass spectrometry
X-ray crystallography
Nanopore
My Fields
Machine Learning
Method development for predicting changes of protein strcutures and interactions
Molecular Simulations
Multi-scale MD for explaining and predicting biological phenomena
Data analysis
Bioinformatics analysis on big datasets in biology, Data-driven research approach for biology
Structural Biology and Drug Discovery
Biophysical methods for protein structures, drug mechanisms, and drug design
My Projects
My Hobbies
Biking
Reading
Science communication
Hiking