Zining Zhu
Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolZining Zhu is a strategic partnerships and business development leader with 11 years of technical and research experience, now blending industry strategy with a deep background in astrophysics and AI. Trained through rigorous graduate research at UCSB and hands-on projects at UW, Zining improved orbit-fitting accuracy substantially and built data pipelines for spectroscopic analysis, bringing strong quantitative modeling and Bayesian methods to real-world problems. Currently based in Beijing and pursuing MS Computer Science at USC, she focuses on explainable AI and NLP while translating scientific modeling techniques into product and partnership opportunities. At Lightwheel she leverages this interdisciplinary expertise to forge collaborations that connect advanced analytics with commercial applications. Notably, her trajectory reflects uncommon fluency across observational astronomy, statistical inference, and applied AI—making her adept at turning complex research into practical, scalable solutions. She is actively seeking part-time and seasonal roles to broaden industry experience and accelerate impact.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science, Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor of Science, Physics and Astronomy at University of WashingtonMaster of Arts - MA, Astrophysics, Master of Arts - MA, Astrophysics at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (40)
transformers10
pytorch10
language-model10
python10
machine-learning10
seq2seq10
tensorboard10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
natural-language-processing10
bert10
ranking10
transformer10
speech-recognition10
nlp10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ZiningZhu/Leetcode
Aug 2016 - Jul 2021
Contributions:109 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
ZiningZhu/Interpretable-NLP
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:45 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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