Summary
Lillian Zhang is a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at MIT CSAIL, with eight years of experience spanning academia, industry, and finance. She contributed to cutting-edge computational biology work, including the SEDEF tool for identifying duplicated genome segments and a paper accepted at ECCB 2018 as a third author. Her industry experience includes production engineering at Shopify and trading internships at Jane Street and Five Rings Capital, reflecting a strong ability to ship reliable software in fast-paced environments. Her academic foundation combines a Bachelor’s in Math and Computer Science with ongoing PhD research in computer science, underscoring a deep strength in algorithms, data analysis, and modeling. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she thrives on solving complex problems and collaborating on interdisciplinary challenges, from genome analysis to systems engineering.
8 years of coding experience