Curriculum Vitae
Last updated: November 19, 2025.
Research Interest
Generative Modeling: Flow Matching, Diffusion, Discrete Diffusion, Operator Learning: Modeling Continuous Spatiotemporal Dynamics, Integral Equations, Computational Biology: Single-cell Transcriptomics Data Analysis, LLMs and Agentic AI: Autonomous Systems for Biological Discovery
Currently, I work on discrete diffusion models on the finite symmetric group and develop LLM multi-agent systems for single-cell perturbation response prediction and DNA methylation data curation.
Education
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Aug. 2024 -- Present
- Advisor: Dr. David van Dijk
- Research Focus: Machine Learning for Computational Biology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Science in Honors Mathematics (Minor in Computer Science)
Sep. 2019 -- May 2023
- Graduated with Highest Distinction
- GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Publications
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Non-Markovian Discrete Diffusion with Causal Language Models
Y. Zhang*, S. He*, et al.
NeurIPS 2025
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TANTE: Time-Adaptive Operator Learning via Neural Taylor Expansion
Z. Wu, S. Wang, S. Zhang, S. He, et al.
In Review
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Intelligence at the Edge of Chaos
S. Zhang*, A. Patel*, S. Rizvi, N. Liu, S. He, et al.
ICLR 2025
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COAST: Intelligent Time-Adaptive Neural Operators
Z. Wu, S. Zhang, S. He, et al.
AI4MATH Workshop at ICML 2025
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Scaling Large Language Models for Next-Generation Single-Cell Analysis
S. Rizvi*, D. Levine*, A. Patel*, S. Zhang*, E. Wang*, S. He, et al.
In Review
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CaLMFlow: Flow Matching using Causal Language Models
S. He*, D. Levine*, et al.
arXiv
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Operator Learning Meets Numerical Analysis: Improving Neural Networks through Iterative Methods
E. Zappala, D. Levine, S. He, et al.
arXiv
* denotes equal contribution.
Honors & Awards
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Fan Family Fellowship, Yale University (2025)
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Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2023)
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James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2023)
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University Honors, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2022, 2023)
Services
- Journal Reviewer:
- Transactions on Machine Learning Research
- Conference Reviewer:
- International Conference on Learning Representations, 2026
- AI4MATH Workshop at International Conference on Machine Learning, 2025
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