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General Information

Full Name Jianan Li (Ꝏčæ¦å—)
Prefered Name Canal

Education

  • 2023-2028
    CS Ph.D.
    UC Berkeley, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR)
    • AI+BIO track
  • 2019-2022
    Bachelor of Science
    Cornell University
    • Computer Science With Honors / Bioengineering
    • Magna Cum Laude
  • 2018-2019
    Undergraduate
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Majored in Bioengineering

Research Experience

  • 2022
    Machine Learning Intern
    Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, UIUC
  • 2020 - 2022
    Research Assistant
    Cornell University
  • 2018 - 2019
    Research Assistant
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Advised by Prof. Prof. Huimin Zhao
    • Topic: CRISPR-AID system, Chemoenzymatic catalysis (wet-lab)

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention
  • 2023 - 2024
    • UC Berkeley The Anselmo J. Macchi Fellowship Fund for Graduate Students in Engineering
  • 2019 - 2022
    • Cornell Engineering College Dean's List
  • 2021
    • Cornell Engineering Learning Initiative Research Award
  • 2018 - 2019
    • UIUC Engineering College Dean's List

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: I do spray-painting for static models such as Gundam and Macross. I also bake cakes!