TMU PhD Student Awarded 2025 Google PhD Fellowship

Tony Eight Lin, PhD student in the PhD Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery.

Among the awardees, Taipei Medical University (TMU)  is proud to announce that American PhD student Tony Eight Lin, from the PhD Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery under the supervision of Professor Kai-Cheng Hsu, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Algorithms and Optimization.

Tony Lin’s research focuses on enhancing machine learning and deep learning tools for early-stage drug development (Figure 1). His project aims to generate specialized fragment libraries for specific protein targets, which can be used to optimize models. Built on top of open-source tools, his work promotes collaboration and innovation among researchers in drug discovery.

Tony Lin’s selection is particularly noteworthy, as his doctoral training is rooted in cancer molecular biology and drug discovery, while his fellowship recognition lies in Algorithms and Optimization. This achievement reflects TMU’s emphasis on interdisciplinary training, where computational science and biomedical research increasingly converge.

Taipei Medical University congratulates Tony Lin on this remarkable achievement. His success not only reflects individual academic excellence but also showcases TMU’s growing impact at the intersection of biomedical science, artificial intelligence, and advanced computational research on the global stage.

Figure 1. Project schematic. The project combines open-source tools to create machine learning and deep learning models, specifically targeting drug discovery. A fragmentation algorithm was created to enrich protein specific fragments that can be used to enhance model predictions.