Summary
Hannah Collison is a Ph.D. student in Natural Language Processing at Johns Hopkins University with eight years of industry and research experience spanning NLP, AI, and cloud search. She built retrieval-augmented generation features on Azure Cognitive Search while on Microsoft’s Relevance Team and previously introduced vector search into semantic search during internships, demonstrating a clear path from research to production. A Magna Cum Laude MSE/BSE graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with minors in Mathematics and Engineering Entrepreneurship, she has contributed to NLP research in question answering and summarization and taught core AI coursework. Her background bridges applied ML (medical imaging segmentation, U-Net) and product-focused engineering, and she’s been recognized by selective programs at Google, CMU, and NASA—indicating both technical depth and leadership potential.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Colegio México Bachillerato
Summer Program Beautiful Patterns, Summer Program Beautiful Patterns at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master's of Science in Engineering - MSE Computer Science, Master's of Science in Engineering - MSE Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes Course in Engineering focused in Biomedical Optics, Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes Course in Engineering focused in Biomedical Optics at Stanford University
Spanish, English, French