Dr. Wanxiang Shen
Principal Investigator · Assistant Professor
ZJU Hundred Talents Program (百人计划一类) · Ph.D. Advisor
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Zhejiang University · Hangzhou, China

Wanxiang Shen  (申万祥)

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Drug Design, National University of Singapore, 2022 (Prof. Yu-Zong Chen & Prof. Giorgia Pastorin). Postdoctoral researcher at NUS Chemistry (Prof. Jie Wu) and Harvard Medical School Biomedical Informatics (Prof. Marinka Zitnik). Selected for the National High-Level Overseas Young Talent Program, 2024. Research focuses on AI-driven drug design, cancer multi-omics AI, and precision immunotherapy. Published in Nature Medicine, Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, Cell Press Patterns, and PNAS Nexus.

Graduate Students

Chunting Yu
Chunting Yu (于春婷)
Research Assistant
Chao Cui
Chao Cui (崔超)
PhD Candidate
Zhejiang University
Molecular GNN pooling (FPPool), activity cliff prediction, molecular representation learning
Chenxiao Song
Chenxiao Song (宋辰霄)
PhD Candidate
Zhejiang University (强基班)
AI-driven reaction prediction & retrosynthesis planning
Yong Li
Yong Li (李咏)
PhD Candidate
East China University of Science and Technology
AI-driven lead optimization & molecular design
Suyang Chen
Suyang Chen (陈苏洋)
PhD Student · Co-supervised
National University of Singapore, Chemistry
AI for chemical reaction optimization, synthesis condition prediction & automated wet-lab validation
Xiyu Cheng
Xiyu Cheng (程熙妤)
PhD Candidate
Zhejiang University（巴德年班）
AI-driven molecular design & precision medicine
Xinmiao Yang
Xinmiao Yang (杨欣苗)
Master’s Student
Zhejiang University
AI-driven ADMET prediction & molecular property modeling
Jinxuan Long
Jinxuan Long (龙锦轩)
PhD Candidate
Zhejiang University, Department of Chemistry
AI for chemical reaction optimization & retrosynthesis planning
Ziyan Zhu
Ziyan Zhu (朱子琰)
Master’s Student
China Pharmaceutical University
Multimodal molecular representation learning (MusicMol) & explainable molecular representation learning (MSHG-MAE)

Undergraduates & Interns

Nan Ke
Nan Ke (柯楠)
Undergraduate Intern (Rotation)
Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (拔尖班)
Molecular AI & drug property prediction (rotation)
Ruizhi Zou
Ruizhi Zou (邹睿稚)
Undergraduate Student
Zhejiang University–University of Edinburgh Institute
Undergraduate in Bioinformatics
Cancer immunotherapy & computational biology
Chengyuan Lu
Chengyuan Lu (陆铖远)
Undergraduate Student
Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bin Ma
Bin Ma (马斌)
Undergraduate Intern
University of Science and Technology of China
Undergraduate in Computer Science and Technology
AI for Science (Omics), generative models for computational biology & artificial intelligence applications in spatial transcriptomics

Visiting Scholars & Students

Heqin Zhu
Dr. Heqin Zhu (朱河勤博士)
Visiting Scientist
University of Science and Technology of China
AI for RNA structure prediction, modeling & therapeutic RNA design
Chengqi Xu
Dr. Chengqi Xu (徐珵启博士)
Visiting Scientist
Cornell University
Large language models for biomedical knowledge extraction & drug-drug interaction prediction
Jiayi Tang
Jiayi Tang (唐嘉忆)
Undergraduate Thesis (2025.10–)
MSc in Artificial Intelligence for Science, National University of Singapore
Molecular representation learning, AI agents for scientific discovery, and Music AI.
Songlin Lu
Songlin Lu (卢松霖)
Visiting Student
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
AI for metagenomics & microbiome-based disease prediction
Shihang Feng
Shihang Feng (冯世航)
Visiting Student
University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Computer Science
Graph neural networks & molecular machine learning (FPPool)
Ruifeng Li
Ruifeng Li (李瑞凤)
Visiting PhD Student
Zhejiang University, Dept. of Computer Science
Deep learning for molecular property prediction & RNA structure modeling
Ailin Yang
Ailin Yang (杨艾霖)
Visiting Student
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Master’s Student in Biopharmaceutical Development and Commercialization
AgentPV project member
Jingzhe Nie
Jingzhe Nie (聂敬哲)
Undergraduate Intern (2026.04–)
Undergraduate, Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Agricultural University
AI for drug prediction and molecular conformation generation (ManiMol).

Alumni

Jiayi Tang
Jiayi Tang (唐嘉忆)
Undergraduate Thesis (2025.10–)
Undergraduate, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University
Next: MSc in Artificial Intelligence for Science, National University of Singapore
Zhiguo Yu
Zhiguo Yu (余志国)
Undergraduate Intern (2026.02–2026.07)
Undergraduate, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine
Next: Direct-entry PhD at Fudan University
Jingzhe Nie
Jingzhe Nie (聂敬哲)
Undergraduate Intern (2026.04–)
Undergraduate, Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Agricultural University
Next: School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University
Collaborators
  • Harvard Medical School
  • National University of Singapore
  • Tsinghua University
  • Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
  • Roche