Summary
Carolyn Zech is a PhD student in computer science at MIT's FLAME Lab with five years of software engineering and research experience focused on programming languages, formal verification, and systems. She has industry experience at Amazon working on the Kani Rust Verifier and academic research at Brown developing Paralegal, a static analyzer for privacy bugs in Rust, demonstrating a strong intersection of automated reasoning and practical tooling. A former Brown CS teaching assistant, she blends hands-on engineering with mentoring and curriculum experience in systems and AI coursework. Carolyn’s trajectory shows a consistent focus on making languages and tools safer and more auditable, with experience that spans production software and cutting-edge verification research.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Brown University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Weston High School
English, Spanish