Partner
Yibing Shan
Founding Managing Director, Ab Magnitude Ventures
- Firm
- Ab Magnitude Ventures
- Title
- Founding Managing Director
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Dr. Yibing Shan is a world leader in the field of computational drug discovery. He has been a founding member of D. E. Shaw Research and played a key role in the conception and design of Anton Specialized Supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations and was twice a co-recipient of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize in 2006 and 2009. The Gaussian Split Ewald algorithm he developed is a key design feature of Anton Supercomputers. Yibing conceived the “swimming” simulations of biomolecular association and developed it into a simulation tool that has become integral to a number of state-of-the-art drug discovery platforms.
Background
- Education
- He earned his A.B. in engineering physics from Shanghai University of Science and Technology, a M.S. in computer science and a PhD in biophysics from Drexel University.Source (opens in a new tab)
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