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Dr. Wanjun Zhang is at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence with materials chemistry, pioneering the development of autonomous systems for accelerated scientific discovery. Their research centers on AI-guided robotics for the inverse design and automated synthesis of advanced functional materials, with a particular emphasis on chiral nanostructures. Dr. Zhang’s landmark 2023 work on the inverse design of chiral functional films, which has already garnered 61 citations, demonstrates a revolutionary approach to creating materials with precisely tailored chiroptical properties—a critical capability for applications in chiral sensing, enantioselective catalysis, and advanced chiroptical devices. This achievement showcases their ability to solve complex inverse design problems that traditional trial-and-error methods cannot address. Further expanding the frontier of automated science, Dr. Zhang introduced the “AI-Chemist” platform in 2022, an integrated robotic system capable of performing the complete experimental cycle—from synthesis and property characterization to performance testing. This holistic automation framework represents a significant leap toward fully autonomous laboratories, promising to transform how chemical research is conducted by enabling high-throughput, data-driven experimentation. Through these innovations, Dr. Zhang is establishing new paradigms for materials discovery, positioning AI-driven robotics as an indispensable tool for the next generation of chemical and materials research.