Connor W. Coley

Class of 1957 Career Development Professor; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Support StaffCindy Welch

Research Interests

autonomous discovery, machine learning, laboratory automation, chemical synthesis, molecular design, drug discovery

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019

M.S.CEP., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016

B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2014

Publications

Honors and Awards

Scialog Funding for Automated Laboratories, 2024

James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty, 2024

Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, 2023

Technology Review, 35 Innovators Under 35, 2023

Class of 1957 Career Development Professorship, 2023

Schwarzman College’s Inaugural Common Ground Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023

Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellows Award, 2022

Bayer Foundation Early Excellence in Science Award, 2021

NSF CAREER Award, 2021

CAS Future Leader, 2019

ACS CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence, 2019

Forbes 30 Under 30: Healthcare, 2019

AIChE PD2M Student Award, 2018

C&EN’s “Talented 12”, 2018

DARPA Riser, 2018

William C. Rousseau Award, MIT, 2016

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014

Robert T. Haslam Presidential Graduate Fellowship, MIT, 2014

Frederic W. Hinrichs, Jr. Memorial Award, Caltech, 2014

Tau Beta Pi, 2013