Rui Ding

Research Directions

Traditional materials discovery is slow and expensive. Standard ML approaches remain fragmented. I'm building integrated AI systems that can autonomously navigate the full research cycle.

AI Agents for Autonomous Discovery

Research agents that can:

Our Deep Tree of Research (DToR) agent achieved ~79% win rate against commercial deep-research systems across 27 nanomaterials topics, running entirely on local consumer hardware.

Research Framework

Cross-Modal Materials Intelligence

Unifying heterogeneous scientific data:

Goal: Enable AI systems to reason across modalities the way human researchers do.

Cross-Modal Framework

Application Domains

Electrocatalysis

Accelerated discovery of OER/HER catalysts for clean hydrogen production.

Chemical Sensing

Neuromorphic approaches for FET sensor design and environmental monitoring.