Education

Teaching

Courses and seminars offered by Dr. Shen at Zhejiang University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Current Courses

2025โ€“2026 Academic Year

PS-601

Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery

An advanced graduate-level course covering machine learning and deep learning applied to pharmaceutical research. Topics include molecular representation learning, property prediction, generative drug design, and AI-powered target identification.

๐Ÿ“… Fall Semester ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Graduate (PhD / M.Sc.) โฑ 3 credits ยท 48 hours ๐Ÿ“ ZJU Zijingang Campus
PS-502

Computational Pharmacology and Bioinformatics

Introduces computational approaches in pharmacology including structure-based drug design, QSAR modeling, molecular docking, and bioinformatics pipelines for drug target analysis. Includes hands-on Python programming sessions.

๐Ÿ“… Spring Semester ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Graduate / Senior Undergraduate โฑ 2 credits ยท 32 hours ๐Ÿ“ ZJU Zijingang Campus
PS-701

Seminar: Frontiers in AI for Life Sciences

A journal club-style seminar where students read, present, and critically discuss cutting-edge papers at the intersection of AI and life sciences. Topics rotate each semester: generative models, protein structure prediction, single-cell analysis, and clinical AI.

๐Ÿ“… Both Semesters ๐Ÿ‘ฅ PhD Students โฑ 1 credit ยท Weekly 2h sessions ๐Ÿ“ Lab Seminar Room
Teaching Philosophy

Learning by Building

Our courses emphasize hands-on implementation. Students are expected not only to understand theoretical foundations but to build and deploy working AI systems for real pharmaceutical problems. Every course includes a research project component connected to real datasets and open challenges in the field.

Outreach

Selected Invited Talks