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Olivia(Fangyun) Zhao

Bridging engineering/AI and human behaviors with evidence-based insights and data analytics.

About Me.

I am currently Director of Product at Futronics NA Corporation (a UBTECH Robotics Company), a healthcare robotics startup in Pasadena, CA. My PhD research focused on the intersection between facial expression, emotion modeling, and human-robot interactions. I also held a Master’s degree (Psychology), and two Bachelor’s degrees (Statistics & Psychology). I’m passionate about bridging engineering, AI and human behaviors in two folds.

1) Drive better engineering and AI with mixed-methods research and analytics

2) Understand human behaviors with novel techniques

I previously worked for Meta.