Researcher Discovery
Search 90M+ researchers and find your next mentor with AI Explain & Connect.
Discover Researchers
Search 90M+ academic researchers by field and institution — 5 credits per 20 results.
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How Researcher Discovery works
Search by interest
Type any research topic — Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Climate Science — and optionally filter by university. We search a database of 90M+ academic authors.
Browse real researchers
See professors and researchers with their institution, citation counts, and recent papers. Every result is a real academic actively publishing in that field.
Connect with AI
Use AI Explain & Connect to understand their work and generate a personalized cold email referencing their actual papers — the kind that gets replies.
Built for high school students pursuing research
Whether you want to shadow a professor, join a university lab, or find a mentor for an independent research project, Researcher Discovery helps you find the right people to reach out to. Instead of guessing who might respond, you can search by field and institution to find academics whose work aligns with yours — then use Vectego's AI outreach tools to send a personalized email that actually stands out.