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Xuanhan Zhao

Summary

Detail-oriented Research Assistant with hands-on experience performing clerical and laboratory work to advance research goals. Drives team success with expertise in data review, reporting and specimen handling. Specializes in Condense matter physics.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Website Operations Specialist

Amberide
04.2020 - 12.2022
  • Trained Logistic regression model in python using amazon review data ( Data cleaning with nltk ) to extract important sentiment from customer feedback on new designs. Found the features affect customer ratings the most.
  • Did A/B testings on different user segments and found the best Email content to deliver and the optimal deliver frequency to improve E-commerce site account activities. Increased weekly website viewing rate by 10%.

Teaching and Research Assistant

Rice University
07.2016 - 03.2022
  • Worked both independently and collaboratively in fast-paced laboratory environment.
  • Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
  • Prepared materials for reports, presentations and submission to peer-reviewed journal publications.

Senior Tutor

Union College
02.2012 - 05.2015

Education

Ph.D. - Physics

Rice University
Houston, TX
05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Union College
Schenectady, NY
05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Union College
Schenectady, NY
05.2015

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Quantitative Research
  • Frequency domain & time domain data acquisition& processing
  • Python&Matlab
  • SQL
  • Machine Learning (supervised learning & unsupervised learning)

Accomplishments

  • Conversion rate prediction (Python: seaborn, pandas; Machine Learning: random forest, logistic regression): did data visualization and Machine Learning model training. Found the key controlling factors for conversion rate and made business insight.
  • Led a team in the 31th annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling , earning the distinction of Meritorious Winner.
  • Presented in Physics March Meeting each year from 2017 to 2021.
  • Published " Tunneling noise and defects in exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride " in AIP Advances.
  • Published " Room Temperature Magnetic Order in Air-Stable Ultra-Thin Iron Oxide " in Nano Letters.
  • Published " Spin Seebeck noise in a magnetic insulator structure " in Physical Review Letters.

Timeline

Website Operations Specialist

Amberide
04.2020 - 12.2022

Teaching and Research Assistant

Rice University
07.2016 - 03.2022

Senior Tutor

Union College
02.2012 - 05.2015

Ph.D. - Physics

Rice University

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Union College

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Union College
Xuanhan Zhao