Summary
Shun Zhang is a research scientist at Meta AI with nine years of experience bridging computational mathematics, CFD, and machine learning to build production-grade generative systems, notably in speech synthesis (TTS). He holds a PhD from MIT and a track record of applied research and software development from academic roles at MIT to industrial stints at Shell and ExxonMobil, where he focused on computational science and ML. Shun combines rigorous numerical and multidisciplinary design optimization expertise with hands-on engineering to move models from research prototypes into scalable products. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he also contributes Android development work on GitHub, reflecting a practical appetite for shipping cross-platform software beyond core research.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) at University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, English