Junkun Chen
Research Scientist Intern at Meta
Urbana, Illinois, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJunkun Chen is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at UIUC with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry AI roles, currently a Research Scientist Intern at Meta. His background spans top-tier research internships (Mila, Meta, SpreeAI) and applied NLP engineering at Baidu, reflecting strengths in both foundational research and production-facing models. Known for a hands-on, constructivist approach—"What I cannot create, I do not understand"—he focuses on turning theoretical insights into implemented systems. Based in Urbana, Illinois, he combines rigorous academic training from Tsinghua and UIUC with practical experience driving research projects toward real-world impact.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science (Yaoclass), 3.78, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science (Yaoclass), 3.78 at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (17)
chrome-extension9
dictionary9
popup-window8
anki8
server5
bioinformatics5
microbiome4
tiddlywiki4
sequencing4
srs2
management2
pdf1
jira1
full-text-search1
obsidian1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Junyu25/Junyu25.github.io
May 2018 - Jun 2026
Contributions:148 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 8 years 1 month
Junyu25/Automated-TFs-KO
Jul 2022 - Aug 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.