Christopher Zhu
PHD Student at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Zhu is a Computer Science PhD student at the University of Chicago, researching under Professor Raul Castro Fernandez with a background that bridges CS and physics. With 15 years of technical experience spanning software internships, research assistantships, and hands-on hardware fabrication, he brings both code and physical-systems intuition to complex problems. He organizes Chicago Data Night to connect industry and academia, reflecting a commitment to community-building and interdisciplinary collaboration. Past roles include software engineering at KeepTruckin and scripting automation for Abbott in Shanghai, demonstrating practical full-stack and automation skills. His early work in experimental engineering—building custom aerospace hardware and testing tuned mass damper models—gives him uncommon experience for a CS-focused researcher. Based in Chicago, he combines computational astroparticle interests with rigorous engineering practice to tackle data-intensive scientific challenges.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Fremont High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science Major / Physics Minor, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science Major / Physics Minor at University of Chicago
Chinese, Shanghainese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (96)
python10
energy10
data-management10
raw-data10
simulate10
particle-physics10
stream10
argon10
processor10
particle10
python-bindings10
aerospike10
os-agnostic10
rad10
ecosystem9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
NESTCollaboration/nestpy
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022
Raw Python bindings to the NEST library using pybind11.
Contributions:8 releases, 5 reviews, 111 commits in 3 years 6 months
physics-simulationpythonpython-bindingsnestcyberinfrastructure
tunnell/pax
Apr 2018 - Jan 2020
Raw data processor (raw -> processed data)
Contributions:17 PRs, 102 pushes, 156 branches in 1 year 9 months
raw-datadata-processor
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