Sherry Lixue CHENG

Research interest

Prof. Cheng is an Alumni of Microsoft Research AI4Sci Lab and Tencent Quantum Lab. Her work is focusing on AI for science, including quantum chemistry, biology, and quantum computing algorithms. She is interested in the interdisciplinary research between chemistry, physics, biology, and computer sciences, and passionate about bridging the mind gaps between different areas.

Biography

Prof. Cheng earned a PhD degree of theoretical chemistry in California Institute of Technology working with Prof. Thomas F. Miller III in Mar, 2022. Prof. Cheng received a Bachelor of Science degree with quadruple majors in Chemistry, Math, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology and a minor in Computer Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. Her PhD research focused on AI for chemistry, including molecular modelling by Molecular Orbital-Based Machine Learning (MOB-ML) method for electronic structure, and nucleic acid secondary structure modelling with machine learning and molecular dynamics tools (INSPIRE).