Summary
Chieh-li Chin is a research manager and software engineer with 11 years of experience bridging information science, computer science, and social science research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She combines hands-on software development and data engineering with grant, personnel, and project management to deliver robust, scalable research applications and reproducible data workflows. Her background includes building web applications, network analysis and text-mining tools, GIS visualizations, and data governance practices informed by data ethics and regulations. Adept at coordinating cross-campus teams and external funders, she translates complex research requirements into practical technical solutions and clear communication for diverse stakeholders. Unusually for a research manager, she retains significant day-to-day engineering expertise—testing, documenting, publishing, and training users on the tools she helps create. She holds dual master's degrees in Computer Science and Library & Information Science and brings a consistent track record of supporting interdisciplinary research from design through data archiving.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration, GPA = 3.83, Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration, GPA = 3.83 at National Taiwan University
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese