Farica Zhuang

Farica Zhuang

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Pennsylvania

I am a postdoctoral researcher in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania. I completed my PhD in Computer Science at Penn in 2026. My research develops foundation models, language models, and interpretable mixture-of-experts systems for biomedical discovery across genomics, RNA biology, neuroimaging, and clinical data.

I am currently exploring research scientist, applied scientist, and machine learning engineering roles in industry, as well as academic research positions in biomedical AI.

Before Penn, I received a B.S. in applied mathematics from UC San Diego and an M.S. in computer science from Duke.

Interests
  • Foundation models, LLMs, agentic systems, and world modeling
  • Biomedical and clinical AI
  • Interpretable multimodal ML
  • Software engineering
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2026

    University of Pennsylvania

  • MS in Computer Science, 2020

    Duke University

  • BS in Applied Mathematics, 2018

    UC San Diego