Summary
Zihan Wang is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University with three years of experience at the intersection of academic NLP research and industry machine learning. He has worked with teams at deepseek-ai, UIUC NLP, and Renmin University, blending startup product focus with rigorous university research. Zihan excels at translating research prototypes into production-minded solutions and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams. His approach emphasizes pragmatic problem-solving, reproducible experiments, and deployable algorithms. He brings a cross-cultural perspective gained from working in both Chinese and US research environments, helping bridge theory and real-world impact.
3 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 4.066/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 4.066/4.0 at University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Material Processing and Control Engineering, 3.89/4.0, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Material Processing and Control Engineering, 3.89/4.0 at Huazhong University of Science and Technology