Richard Zhao
Senior Research Scientist at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Zhao is a Senior Research Scientist at Meta with a decade of technical experience bridging mechanical engineering, aerospace fundamentals, and modern computer science. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Northwestern, grounded on a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Notre Dame, a blend that informs his research-led approach to solving complex systems problems. At Meta since 2020, he applies rigorous academic training to practical, large-scale challenges in applied research and engineering. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he maintains a public portfolio (hzhao1230.github.io) that hints at a habit of documenting experiments and projects—an indication he values reproducibility and knowledge sharing beyond publications.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering at University of Notre Dame
English, Chinese
Github Skills (4)
crawler2
annotate2
search-engine1
google-scholar1
Github contributions (5)
hzhao1230/matlab-comsol-2d-ac
Jan 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:15 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
hzhao1230/scholar_paper_annotator
Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
annotategoogle-scholarliteraturescholarcrawler
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