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  • $15M from NSF extends Molecule Maker Lab's work to create AI tools aimed at chemistry’s challenges

    Jul 29, 2025 10:00 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneInnovation
    NSF Molecule Maker Lab Institute director Huimin Zhao, an Illinois professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • NSF Molecule Maker Lab Institute director Huimin Zhao, an Illinois professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    The NSF-funded Molecule Maker Lab Institute at Illinois is developing advanced artificial intelligence tools and pairing them with automated molecule-building systems to speed discovery,development of drugs and catalysts.