Renjie Zhu

Renjie Zhu

PhD Student in Chemistry

Boston University

Biography

Hi, I am Renjie Zhu (朱 仁杰), a PhD student in Chemistry at Boston University. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from East China Normal University in 2025, where I spent four unforgettable and rewarding years. My given name shares the same Chinese characters as Di Renjie, a legendary detective figure. Therefore, I want to become a “detective” in the scientific world, using computational approaches to uncover the hidden mechanisms underlying chemical and biological systems.

Interests
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Computational Biophysics
  • Coarse-Grained Modeling
  • Computer-Aided Drug Design
Education
  • BSc in Chemistry, Sep 2021 – Jul 2025

    East China Normal University

  • PhD student in Chemistry, Sep 2025 – Now

    Boston University

Skills

Technical
Python
Chemistry
LAMMPS & GROMACS
Hobbies
Pokemon Pokemon & Crayon Shin-chan
Fishing
Photography

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Research Practice
Supervisor: Qiang Cui
December 2025 – Present Boston University

Responsibilities include:

  • Computational Biophysics
  • Protein Dynamics
  • MD Simulation
 
 
 
 
 
LAB Rotation 1-2
Chemistry Department
September 2025 – December 2025 Boston University

Responsibilities include:

  • Computational Biophysics
  • MD Simulation
  • QM/MM Calculation
 
 
 
 
 
Research Practice
Supervisor: Fei Xia (NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry)
September 2021 – August 2025 East China Normal University (Shanghai, China)

Responsibilities include:

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Coarse-Grained Force Field
  • Coarse-Grained Modelling and Simulation
 
 
 
 
 
Summer Research Program
Supervisor: Jing Huang
July 2024 – August 2024 Westlake University (Hangzhou, China)

Responsibilities include:

  • Protein Pocket Alignment
  • Protein Surface Fingerprint

Accomplishments & Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis of East China Normal University
Outstanding Graduates in Shanghai
National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

18th Shanghai College Students’ Chemistry Experiment Competition

Special Prize (Top 1)

Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling

Second Prize (Top 3%)

Special Scholarship for Outstanding Students of ECNU

17th Shanghai College Students’ Chemistry Experiment Innovation Design Competition

Special Prize (Top 1)

9th ECNU Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academic Forum

Outstanding Report Award

National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

13th Chinese Mathematics Competitions (Preliminary Round)

First Prize

Recent Publications

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(2026). Measuring Differences in Protein Allosteric Graphs Constructed via Molecular Dynamics Simulations. ChemRxiv.

DOI

(2025). Coarse-Grained Simulation of Persistence Length and Twisting Dynamics of Micrometer-Scale Microtubules. J. Phys. Chem. Lett.

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Contact

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