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Dr. Jianing Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (MCMP) in the College of Pharmacy at Purdue University. Dr. Li received her B.S. degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (2006) and her Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Columbia University in the City of New York (2011). After three year postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago, she joined the University of Vermont in 2014 as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry. She was promoted as Associate Professor with tenure in 2020.
In 2022, Dr. Li joined MCMP at Purdue and is now a member of the Purdue Institute of Drug Discovery, Purdue Institute of Cancer Research, and Purdue Institute of Inflammation Immunology and Infectious Disease. Dr. Li’s current research focuses on the innovation of multiscale modeling approaches and artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) for drug discovery, which allows accurate and efficient design of small molecules, biologics, and nanoparticles for potential therapeutics and drug delivery. She has authored ~70 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to 3 commercial software programs, and over 4 patents for new drugs. Her research program has received support from federal (NIH, NSF, and USDA) and private agencies, and industries. So far, she has trained over 20 young students and scholars that are now active researchers in academia and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Li has received several recognitions and awards including the ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2017), the OpenEye Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry (2019), the NSF CAREER award (2020).
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