Summary
Xun Zhu is a Manager of Software Engineering at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with 11 years of interdisciplinary experience spanning software engineering, statistics, mathematics, and molecular biology. He combines modern full-stack engineering and leadership with applied statistics on large-scale biomedical data, and has earned international recognition in machine-learning competitions. His career moves from academic research—PhD work on single-cell RNA-seq and deep learning for radiomics—to production-facing bioinformatics platforms, authoring multiple peer-reviewed papers and earning coverage in Nature. Xun is known for translating complex scientific problems into scalable software and for teaching scientific application development, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous theory, hands-on implementation, and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Tianjin Polytechnic University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 out of 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 out of 4.0 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Chinese