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Dr. Yanjun Li is an Assistant Professor (AI Initiative) in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy, and a courtesy Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Dr. Li earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Florida and then worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Deep Learning, Baidu Research USA in California, and later at Calico Life Sciences, an Alphabet-founded research laboratory for human aging research. In 2023, Dr. Li started his tenure-track Assistant Professorship at the University of Florida. His research interests span the fields of deep learning, drug discovery,and AI4Science, with a distinct focus on deep generative modeling for de novo small molecule, RNA, and protein design and geometric deep learning for molecular recognition. Dr. Li’s work aims to develop innovative AI algorithms for addressing fundamental challenges in life sciences with broad scientific impacts and for discovering functional molecules to improve human health. |