Li Zhang
Scholar

Li Zhang

Google Scholar ID: _VLzlBIAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Drexel University
natural language processing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
3,172
 
H-index
15
 
i10-index
16
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
50
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Published multiple papers, such as 'Language Model as Planner and Formalizer under Constraints'
  • - Served as a reviewer and chair for many NLP conferences and workshops
  • - Area Chair for ARR Feb 2025/ACL 2025, ARR Dec 2024, etc.
  • - Program Chair for MASC-SLL 2023, MASC-SLL 2021, etc.
Research Experience
  • - Assistant Professor at Drexel University, Dec 2024 to Present
  • - Research Intern at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, April 2023 to Dec 2023
  • - Research Intern at IBM Research, May 2021 to Aug 2021, April 2019 to June 2019
Education
  • - PhD: University of Pennsylvania, Aug 2019 to Aug 2024, mentored by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch
  • - BS: University of Michigan, Aug 2015 to Dec 2018, mentored by Prof. Rada Mihalcea and Prof. Dragomir Radev
Background
  • - Assistant professor focusing on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence
  • - Interested in planning and reasoning using Large Language Models
  • - Earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, mentored by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch, with a thesis committee chaired by Prof. Dan Roth
  • - Earned a BS from the University of Michigan, mentored by Prof. Rada Mihalcea and Prof. Dragomir Radev
Miscellany
  • - Offers remote or in-person research mentorship and collaboration for selected junior students looking to apply for a PhD program
  • - Teaching: CS T780-001: Applied NLP (Spring 2025, Spring 2026 at Drexel), CS 614: Applied AI (Spring 2026 at Drexel)