Connor Coley
Henri Slezynger (1957) Career Development Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Who they work with
Connor Coley is the Henri Slezynger (1957) Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on combining chemical engineering, computer science, and chemistry to advance the computer-aided discovery of new molecules. His lab develops platform technologies and workflows with relevance to drug discovery, chemical synthesis, and materials science. Coley earned a BS in chemical engineering from Caltech, and a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT.
Publications
- Gao, W., C. W., Coley. (2020) The Synthesizability of Molecules Proposed by Generative Models. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.
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Coley, C.W. et al. (2019) A robotic platform for flow synthesis of organic compounds informed by AI planning. Science. (6453)
- Pattanaik, L., Coley, C. W. (2020). Molecular Representation: Going Long on Fingerprints. Chem Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 1204-1207.
- Hirschfeld, L., Swanson, K., Yang, K., Barzilay, R., Coley, C. W. (2020). Uncertainty Quantification Using Neural Networks for Molecular Property Prediction. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 60 (8), 3770-3780.
Media
- August 8, 2019: MIT News, Guided by AI, robotic platform automates molecule manufacture.
- November 28, 2018: Forbes, 30 Under 30 – Healthcare 2019.
- August 20, 208: Chemical & Engineering News, Machine-learning maestro is reprogramming the way chemists design drugs.