Junkun Chen
Research Scientist Intern at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, United States
Summary
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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 (29)
dictionary9
popup-window8
chrome-extension8
language-learning7
chrome6
microbiome6
server6
anki6
bioinformatics5
javascript4
sequencing4
genomics3
pdf1
trello1
kanban1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Junyu25/Junyu25.github.io
May 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:147 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 3 years 6 months
Junyu25/LD-Lab-BioInfo-Wiki
May 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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