zinan chi * ** ***
zi·nan chi /zee-nan chee/     she her
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a continuous learner who is curious about the unknown. Passionate about the future and positive impact of technology
2
a designer who creates the unseen
zinan thinks through making, extends her vision to prototype and solidifies abstract concept into actionable tasks
3 a
a builder that materialize her vision and her design
3 b
a builder for the community

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experience
Product Designer, MORROW

Product Management
Product Design
Interaction Prototype

Jan, 2024 - Present
Nashville, TN
Part-time
AI Engineer, HARVARD LIBRARY

LLM and RAG Researcher
AI Engineer for AI workflow
Product Management

Apr, 2023 - Present
Cambridge, MA
Part-time
Product Desginer, AUTODESK

Data Selection Experience Research
Product User Research for Cloud Platform
Cross-Organization Collaboration
OAuth, GraphQL

May - August, 2023
Boston, MA
Full-time
Front-end Engineer, LOTUS APP

Lead UX and UI Design
Front-end Development with Xcode
User Testing

Apr, 2023 - Jan, 2024
Cambridge, MA
Part-time
Designer, UNSTUDIO

Architecture and interior Designer
Brainstorm and Research Design Strategies
Competition Winner

Sept, 2021 - Sept, 2022
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Full-time
Research Assistant, WASHU

User Interface Design
Parametric Design Optimization

June, 2020 - June, 2021
St. Louis, MO
Part-time
Design Intern, ROBOTICPLUS

Parametric Design
Robotic Arm Simulation and Operation

June - August, 2020
Shanghai, China
Full-time
Teaching Assistant, WASHU

iOS Developemnt, Web Development
Human Computer Interaction
Intro to Design Process II, III

Aug, 2018 - May, 2020
St. Louis, MO
Part-time
Design Intern, KENGO KUMA ASSOCIATES

Architecture Design
3D Model Maker (craft)

2019
Tokyo, Japan
Full-time
Design Intern, BNIM

Architecture Design
Assist Construction Management

2019
Kanas City, KC
Full-time
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education
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design

Master in Architecture, Advanced Placement
DIB Chair of Student Forum, 2023 - 2024
Class Representative, 2023 - 2024
Master in Design Studies, Technology Dropout

Aug, 2020 - May, 2024
Cambridge, MA
2021 - 2022 On Leave
MIT

Cross-registration

MIT 6.S980: Machine Learning for Inverse Graphics with Vincent Sitzmann
MIT 6.S952 Modeling with Machine Learning for CS with Tommi Jaakkola
MIT 6.8300: Advances in Computer Vision
MIT 6.C51: Modeling with Machine Learning
MIT 6.036 Intro to Machine Learning
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Aug, 2020 - May, 2024
Cambridge, MA
Harvard Business School

Cross-registration

Strategy and Technology
Business and Geopolitics

Jan, 2023 - Dec, 2023
Boston, MA
Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science, Architecture
summa cum laude
Cumulative GPA: 3.97 / 4.00, Top 1%

Aug, 2016 - Dec, 2020
St. Louis, MO
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skill
Product Design

Research, Brainstorm
Usability Testing
Prototyping
Figma
Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Notion, Asana, Jira

Design 3D

Blender, Unity
Render, Animation
Rhino, Grasshopper
AutoCAD, Revit
3D printing
Robotic Arm

Programming

Python, Pytorch, NeRF
Web (HTML, CSS, JS)
React, TS
iOS dev, C#
AWS, OAuth, APIs