Wentao Xu

Research Interests: Systems Biology; Theoretical Biophysics; Mathematical Modeling; Machine Learning; Computational Method Development

Wentao Xu is a candidate for the M.M.Sc. in Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School, having earned his B.Sc. in Bioscience from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research has spanned RNA structure prediction, causal inference in single-cell transcriptomics, and protein conformational modeling, most recently as a computational medicinal chemistry intern at a pharmaceutical research institute. He aims to develop mechanistic, physics-based models of biological systems in service of therapeutic discovery.

Previous Education: 

BS, Bioscience - Shanghai Jiao Tong University