Hey, I’m Jintai Chen, a tenure-track assistant professor at HKUST (Guangzhou), also affiliated with the Clear Water Bay Campus.

Prior to that, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I collaborated closely with Prof. Jimeng Sun. I obtained my Ph.D. from the College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University, under the supervision of Prof. Jian Wu. My research interests lie at the intersection of AI and healthcare, with a particular focus on developing generalizable foundation models and generative models to address real-world medical challenges, including clinical trial optimization, biomedical discovery, clinical predictive modeling, and health monitoring.

I am actively seeking highly motivated Ph.D. students with robust backgrounds in computer science/AI/ML or closely related disciplines. ⚠️Notably, an authentic passion for scientific research is an indispensable reality of the role (this is not a boilerplate statement), alongside a high proficiency in programming.⚠️ This call for applications remains open indefinitely.

For Ph.D. applications (General Track), please fill out the form.

For Ph.D. applications (Special Track: AI for Peptide Drug Design), please fill out the form.

For research assistant applications, please fill out the form.

For postdoc applications, please email me directly at jintaiCHEN[AT]hkust-gz[DOT]edu[DOT]cn.

For MPhil students, please contact me after passing the interview with the school’s Red Bird MPhil committee.