Yuchen Dai

Yuchen (Sophia) Dai is a highly skilled professional with experience in research and product management. At Farren Isaacs Lab, Yuchen served as an iGEM researcher, developing Flux Balance Analysis in Matlab to track E. coli metabolism. Yuchen further honed product management skills during internships at Google, first as an Engineering Practicum Intern where an ad-scraping pipeline was developed in Python, and later as an Associate Product Manager Intern, coordinating with UX designers and conducting user experience research for Kaggle Datasets. Yuchen has also contributed as a Product Manager, designing and launching a loyalty program for Google Play Points aimed at enhancing user retention. Yuchen holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Math from Yale University, graduating with a GPA of 3.9.