Portrait photo of Wen Yan
Portrait photo of Wen Yan

Research Staff

Wen Yan, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Center for Computational Biology

Affiliations
  • ByteDance, Inc.

Bio

Wen Yan worked at the Flatiron Institute from 2016 to 2022, most recently as a research scientist in CCB, where his main focus was applying high-performance computing algorithms and physical/mathematical modeling to soft active matter research, especially motor driven microtubules. Currently, Wen is a research scientist at ByteDance Inc., the parent company of TikTok, where he works on machine learning methods and molecular dynamics.

Events

February 23, 2021

1:15–2:30 p.m. ET

Speaker

Wen Yan

Portrait photo of Wen Yan

December 22, 2020

1:15–2:30 p.m. ET

Speaker

Wen Yan

Portrait photo of Wen Yan

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