Cecilia Zhang

Cecilia Zhang is a Blockchain & ZK Engineer at Taiko Labs since February 2023, with previous experience as a Blockchain Cryptography Engineer at NetEase, where research focused on cryptographic components and ZK Proving Systems. As a founding member and Solidity & Solana Developer at Taker Protocol, Cecilia contributed to the development of an NFT lending platform and was involved in DeFi protocol design. At the University of Rochester, Cecilia served as an Undergraduate Researcher, focusing on Secure Aggregation research in Rust, and completed a Senior Thesis on GPU optimization of MPC Packed Secret Sharing. Additional roles include Teaching Assistant for computer science courses, Performance Engineer intern at Bank of America, Software Developer at AIA, and various research and IT internships, complemented by a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Rochester.