AI Researcher Yi Liu Leads NSF Project on Molecular Design and Advances Battery Design with BNL

AI Researcher Yi Liu Leads NSF Project on Molecular Design and Advances Battery Design with BNL , Yi Liu's Ph.D. group researchers for NSF BNL projects , Dr. Enyuan Hu, BNL

How can AI help scientists design better molecules and next-generation batteries? Stony Brook researcher Yi Liu is tackling this question through two related efforts:  a three-year, $622,471 NSF project rebuilding generative AI to create new molecules, and a collaborative project with BNL researchers to explore AI and ML approaches for the design and optimization of battery electrolytes.

Long Island Undergraduates Showcase Cutting-edge AI Research at Stony Brook’s 2026 REU Summer Symposium

AI Innovation & Diffusion Research Experience for Undergraduates Group Photo , AI Innovation & Diffusion REU Seminar , Scalable Detection and Reblocking of Informal Settlements Poster , Trevor Flores at AI3 REU , Student Posterat AI3 REU

Forty undergraduate students from Farmingdale State College and Suffolk County Community College shared their work from Stony Brook AI Innovation Institute’s 6-week REU program in AI Innovation & Diffusion.

Stony Brook’s AI Innovation Institute Awards $450K in Small Grants

AI Innovation Institute Small Grant

Ten teams of Stony Brook faculty receive funds to innovate in AI, develop datasets and benchmarks, and advance research that diffuses AI into novel industrial, societal, and scholarly domains.

AI Innovation Institute Small Grant

Stony Brook, NY, Aug 10, 2026 - Ten interdisciplinary projects receive funds from Stony Brook University’s AI Small Grant Program.