Jianlin Cheng

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Jack Cheng

Oct. 26, 2026

Improving scientists’ view of complex biological molecules

A Mizzou Engineering researcher’s NIH-funded project aspires to improve understanding of disease-causing mutations and accelerate drug discovery.
Jianlin Cheng speaks into a microphone at a podium with an audience seated in front.

Oct. 21, 2026

Breaking down silos to solve complex problems

For five years, NextGen Precision Health has been home to a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers collaborating on big challenges.
Jianlin

Sep. 8, 2026

Researchers chart new course for AI-powered discoveries

An emerging form of artificial intelligence could give scientists a clearer view of how living systems change over time and accelerate the pace of medical discoveries.
Jim Keller and Mohammad Shahidehpour

May 19, 2026

Keller and Shahidehpour inducted into EECS Hall of Fame

Jim Keller’s research interests center on computational intelligence. Mohammad Shahidehpour is a globally recognized expert in electricity restructuring.
Jianlin

Feb. 17, 2026

Making AI-based scientific predictions more trustworthy

University of Missouri researchers have developed a free-to-use software tool to verify the accuracy of artificial intelligence-based protein structure predictions.
Lafferre Hall

June 5, 2025

Mizzou Engineering leaders awarded named professorships

These three-year appointments recognize excellence in research, teaching and service across multiple disciplines.
3D model of chromosomes

May 27, 2025

New AI tool reveals single-cell structure of chromosomes in 3D

A breakthrough at Mizzou Engineering could help scientists better understand how genes work — and how certain types of cancer develop.
Jianlin “Jack” Cheng (left) and postdoctoral fellow Jian Liu

Jan. 22, 2025

Mizzou engineers earn distinction in advancing protein modeling and prediction

MULTICOM excels in five critical categories at the prestigious Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction.
The multidisciplinary team consists of faculty from Mechanical Engineering (Matt Maschmann), Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (Matthias Young, Sheila Grant and David Grant) and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Jianlin Cheng [not pictured], James Keller, Filiz Bunyak and Prasad Calyam).

Nov. 12, 2024

Accelerating materials discovery

Mizzou Engineers are partnering with Arizona State University, Brewer Science and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), to increase the efficiency of materials development by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to model and test new materials. Mizzou's research is supported by a $1.87 million grant, sponsored by Arizona State University.
Jianlin

Sep. 22, 2024

Paving the way for new treatments

Mizzou researcher Jianlin “Jack” Cheng debuts tool to build 3D structure of protein complexes, giving scientists insights to prevent and treat disease.