Summary
Hanzhang Fang is a data-focused NLP researcher and teaching assistant with 11 years of professional experience bridging data science, research operations, and finance systems. Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at NJIT, he teaches data structures and algorithms while researching large language models, pretraining, fine-tuning, embeddings, and evaluation. His background includes hands-on data capture and QA/QC for clinical research at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and database management in finance and banking environments, giving him rare cross-domain fluency between rigorous experimental workflows and production data systems. Hanzhang’s academic track record (MS in Data Science with a 4.0) and prior accounting roles reflect a disciplined, detail-oriented approach to reproducible analytics and data integrity. Based in Harrison, NJ, he combines deep technical curiosity about LLMs with practical experience implementing and auditing complex data pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Accounting, 3.8/4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Accounting, 3.8/4.0 at Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Tianjin University of Technology
English, Chinese