Jiayi is a Machine Learning Engineer at the SMLC. Originally trained as a wet lab neuroscientist from Oberlin College, she has research experience on ion channels in neurons, as well as learning and memory in rodents. She received her MS in Computational Biology from Carnegie Mellon University. She is passionate about bridging ideas in computer science to complex biological problems. Her main research interests are understanding protein structure, protein function and drug discovery using machine learning methods.