Mengchen Wang

Hi I am Mengchen, a first-year PhD Computer Science Ph.D. student at Stanford University specializing in AI4Science. I received my Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Science (Yao Class). My overarching goal is to identify complex biological bottlenecks and engineer the precise machine learning architectures required to solve them.

Currently, my research centers on spatial transcriptomics, where I model the continuous-time dynamics of embryogenesis and transcription regulation using advanced representation learning, optimal transport, and transformer-based multi-modal foundation models.

Beyond biology, I have a strong algorithmic foundation in developing explainable AI pipelines and integrating foundation models with reinforcement learning for embodied agents and nanorobotic swarms. Whether analyzing spatial-temporal gene expression or optimizing complex control systems, I focus on translating high-dimensional, multi-modal data into actionable scientific insights.