Hi, I am Zhaorui(Elijah) JIANG!

Welcome to my personal web page! I am now the MPhil student at Peking University. I hold a dual BEng (Hons) degree in Computer Science and Robotics from Ocean University of China and Heriot-Watt University. My research interest is Science Intelligence (AI for Life Science)

Email: zrjiang25@stu.pku.edu.cn
Address: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last update time: 2026.01.02

News and Highlights

   [2025/10] Congratulationas! OUC-China Team wins the Golden Medal in 2025 iGEM Competition. [Please Click the Link]

   [2025/05] I was luckily invited to give a talk about GLM (Genomics Language Model) in BCML seminar, Heriot-Watt Uninversity.

   [2024/11] I was luckily invited to give a talk about BASALT in BCML seminar, Heriot-Watt Uninversity.

   [2024/09] Congratulationas! I has been admitted to Peking University!

   [2024/09] I am honored to receive the National Scholarship!

   [2024/08]First Version for OUC&HWU Survival Gudiance has been finished! [Please Click the Link]

Research and Project Summary

Spatial Multi-Omics

   STProtein: predicting spatial protein expression from multi-omics data
   Zhaorui Jiang, Yingfang Yuan, Lei Hu, Wei Pang
   SPARTA AAAI 2026 Oral
   [Paper]    [Code]

Microbiome

   BASALT: Binning Across a Series of Assemblies Toolkit
   Core Software Maintainer
   Nature Communications
   [Paper]    [Code]

Protein Design

Education

   Peking University, 2025-2028
   • Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Bioenergy Engineering
   • GPA: x.x/4.0
   • Advised by A/Prof. Ke Yu

   Heriot-Watt University, 2021-2025
   • Bachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons) - First Class, Robotics
   • GPA: 4.0/4.0
   • Advised by Prof. Wei Pang and Dr. Yingfang (James) Yuan

   Ocean University of China, 2021-2025
   • Bachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons), Computer Science
   • GPA: 3.8/4.0; Rank: 3/104 (Top 3%)
   • Advised by Prof. Yongjian Gu, Dr. Xiaowei Zhou and A/Prof. Shugang Zhang

Research Experience

I feel fortunate to be become lab memeber or intern studnet in several prestigious universities

   Lab Member in PKU EMBL, Peking University (2025.09 - Present)
   • Topic: AI4Metagenomics and BASALT Software's Maintence and Development
   • Advised by A/Prof. Ke Yu

   Research Assistant in THETA TEAM , Monash University (2025.09 - Present)
   • AI4Vaccine and AI4CryoET
   • Advised by A/Prof. Vivek Naranbhai, Prof. Shirui Pan and Dr. Yizhen Zheng

   Intern Student in Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Tsinghua University(2025.06 - 2025.09)
   • Topic: AI4Protein
   • Advised by Dr. Xu Wang

   Intern Student in Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences (2025.01 - 2025.09)
   • Topic: Genomics Language Model
   • Advised by Prof. Bin Shao

   Lab Member in BCML Lab, Heriot-Watt University (2024.09 - 2025.05)
   • Topic: STProtein: predicting spatial protein expression from multi-omics data
   • Advised by Prof. Wei Pang and Dr. Yingfang (James) Yuan

   Intern Student in Programmable Active Matter Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2024.04 - 2024.07)
   • Topic: GNN4Chemistry
   • Advised by Prof. Wendong Wang

   Lab Member in Quantum Information and Intelligent Computing Team (2024.04 - 2025.06)
   • Topic: Hybrid Quantum Computing
   • Advised by Prof. Yongjian Gu and Dr. Yanan Li

Industry Experience

   Intern in Kuoyue Intelligent Drug
   • Topic: AI4Antibody
   • Advised by Dr. Xiaomei Han

   Researcher in LXLTXLab
   • Topic: AI4Organoids
   • Co-Lead the AI4Bio Research Team with Dr. Pengzhi Hao

Acknowledgement

My study can not be possible without the support from my awesome friends, mentors, and collaborators! Check out some of them:

Prof. Ke Yu, Dr. Qiao Wang and Dr. Chihao Xu at Peking University

Ms. Yitong Zhao, Dr. Xu Wang and Mr. Peng Liu at Tsinghua University

Dr. Lei Hu at Westlake University

Dr. Yizhen Zheng and A/Prof. Vivek Naranbhai at Monash University

Prof. Wendong Wang and Dr. Zhenyi Zhong Shanghai Jiang Tong Uninversity

Prof. Bin Shao at Beijing Institute of Technology

Prof. Wei Pang, Dr. Yingfang (James) Yuan, Dr. Yonghan Zhang, Dr. Kefan Chen and Mr. Jinhe Tang at Heriot-Watt University

Prof. Yongjian Gu, Dr. Xiaowei Zhou, A/Prof. Shugang Zhang, Mr. Yizhou Zhang and Dr. Yanan Li at Ocean University of China