Sheng Gong
Senior Research Scientiest at ByteDance
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSheng Gong is a Senior Research Scientist in Seattle with 11 years of experience applying computational materials science and machine learning to real-world problems. He holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT and began his career after a BE from Peking University, blending deep physics-based simulation expertise with data-driven modeling. At ByteDance he progressed from computational chemistry research to a senior research scientist role, translating advanced ML methods into scalable materials and chemistry workflows. His background includes academic research specialist work at MIT and industry internships at Bosch, giving him a strong track record across academia and industrial R&D. Known for a “Go bigger, be better” mindset, he focuses on pushing model and workflow scalability rather than incremental tweaks. He brings a rare combination of foundational materials knowledge and practical ML engineering to accelerate materials discovery and optimization.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Materials Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Materials Science and Engineering at Peking University
Github Skills (124)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
byr-gdp/vue-spa
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
byr-gdp/byr-bbs-unofficial-api
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:36 commits, 3 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 months
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