Summary
Zexu Pan is an algorithm engineer and PhD graduate from the National University of Singapore with nine years' experience specializing in speech and audio processing, now applying that expertise at Alibaba Group. He has a strong research pedigree—serving as a visiting research scientist at MERL and researcher stints in Europe—and focuses on multi-modal speaker extraction, speech enhancement, and representation learning. Zexu blends academic rigor with industrial impact, moving innovations from PhD research into production-oriented algorithm design. His background spans autonomous systems and embedded prototyping, reflecting practical systems experience beyond pure modeling. Based in Singapore, he brings a cross-cultural engineering perspective from exchanges at the University of Maryland and collaborations across industry and academia.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Automatic control, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Automatic control at Nanyang Technological University
Secondary school, Secondary school at Maris Stella High School
Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Data Science, Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Data Science, Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering at National University of Singapore
Bachelor's degree, University Exchange Programme, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, University Exchange Programme, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Maryland
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
English, Chinese, Chinese