Leah Zhao
Research And Development Engineer at PepsiCo
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolLeah Zhao is a Research and Development Engineer with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry product development, currently advancing sustainable solutions at PepsiCo. With a Master of Engineering and a Magna Cum Laude bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Cornell, she blends rigorous heat and mass transfer expertise with hands-on separation process and unit operations experience. Her background includes multiple R&D internships and undergraduate research in the Yu Group, giving her a practical track record of translating lab-scale innovation into consumer-facing products. Leah is passionate about sustainability in consumer goods and brings uncommon strength in science communication, tutoring at Cornell’s Writing Center and teaching core engineering courses. Based in New York, she pairs corporate R&D fluency with academic rigor to drive environmentally minded product design.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
International School of TianjinMaster of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering, 4.1, Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering, 4.1 at Cornell University
Chinese
Github Skills (2)
intelligent6
javascript4
Github contributions (3)
lmf232/VERONA
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 22 days
lmf232/ViticulturePCB
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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