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Last published 2026
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Jiahui Chen

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Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Hefei University of Technology (2025); Tianjin Chengjian University (2022); Xiamen University of Technology (2024)

1 h-index 6 pubs 12 cited

  • Humans
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Animals
  • COVID-19
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Female
  • Mutation
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Protein Binding
  • Models, Molecular
  • Evolution, Molecular

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jiahui Chen's research program investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying viral infectivity and disease, with a particular focus on SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Chen has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects exploring mathematical and computational frameworks to predict mutation-induced perturbations in molecular recognition, totaling $599,869. Additionally, Chen was awarded $232,771 for research into multiscale differential geometry approaches to protein interaction mechanisms. A recent publication in 2022 addresses the Omicron variant, examining its infectivity, vaccine breakthrough potential, and antibody resistance. Other work has focused on the impact of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, the identification of substrains and novel variants in the United States, and the detection of nucleocapsid proteins for diagnosis.

Beyond viral research, Chen's publications also include work on pharmaceutical cocrystals, exploring their preparation, properties, and applications. In 2015, Chen contributed to research on protecting against neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in an Alzheimer's disease model. Chen's scholarly output includes 6 publications with 12 citations and an h-index of 1. Chen also leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and collaborates with colleagues such as Fauzia Haque, Soheil Jamali, Emilee Walden, and Jana Shen.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 6
  • Citations: 12

Positions

  • Assistant Professor publications 2025
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Listing

Selected Publications

  • An algebraic graph neural network model for protein-ligand binding affinity prediction (2026)
    Computational and Mathematical Biophysics DOI OpenAlex
  • Geometry-Induced Hodge Stars on Rips and Dowker--Rips Complexes (2026)
    arXiv (Cornell University) OpenAlex
  • Geometry-Induced Hodge Stars on Rips and Dowker--Rips Complexes (2026)
    arXiv (Cornell University) DOI OpenAlex
  • BPS2026 – Diffusion models for accelerating molecular dynamics: Synthetic trajectory generation and free-energy reconstruction (2026)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Dimensionality reduction for k-means clustering of large-scale influenza mutation datasets (2026)
    Communications in Information and Systems DOI OpenAlex
  • PLNet : Persistent Laplacian neural network for protein–protein binding free energy prediction (2025)
    Protein Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Drug Resistance Predictions Based on a Directed Flag Transformer (2025)
    Advanced Science 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • BPS2025 - Free energy calculations using generative models trained based on molecular dynamics trajectories: A diffusion model approach (2025)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 3 $856,640 total

NSF PI Oct 2025 - Sep 2026

Conference: The 10th SIAM Central States Section Annual Meeting at the University of Arkansas, October 11-12, 2025

COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS, APPLIED MATHEMATICS $24,000
NSF PI Sep 2025 - Aug 2028

Multiscale Differential Geometry Approaches to Protein Interaction Mechanisms

OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC, MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY $232,771

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22 Collaborators 8 Institutions 2 Countries

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