Sichen Zhu
Machine Learning PhD Candidate @ Georgia Tech š
Photo credit to Yuchen
Hi, Iām Sichen, a final year Machine Learning PhD student at Georgia Tech.
My PhD research focuses on multimodal generative AI for scientific applications. More broadly, I am interested in, and have experience developing, multimodal generative models (including pretraining and post-training), vision-language models, and AI agents.
At Georgia Tech, I am affiliated with Qiu Lab and fortunate to work with many incredible collaborators on frontier AI. Before Georgia Tech, I earned a BS in Honors Mathematics from NYU Shanghai, where I worked with Prof. Hanghui Chen on condensed matter physics.
Contact: sichenzhu [at] gatech [dot] edu
Industry Experience
PhD Research Intern, Dolby Laboratories
May 2026 ā Aug 2026
- Developed post-training methods for multimodal audio-video generative models.
Research Scientist Intern, Pathomiq
May 2025 ā Dec 2025
- Pretrained a pathology image foundation model on a self-curated corpus of 6M+ image patches, achieving performance comparable to state-of-the-art pathology foundation models.