Patrick Zhang

Hey everyone! I’m a Mathematical Economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, and I’m also sub-matriculating into the M.S.E in Data Science program. Broadly, I’m interested in capturing latent social patterns and predicting behaviors across demographics through statistics and machine learning. The opportunity to explore this through research has been a pivotal part of my Penn journey and has led me to my projects today. I’m currently working under Dr. Peter Fader in the Marketing Department to study the effects of networks and social contagion on lifetime value models. I’m also investigating the indicators of child maltreatment and its impacts on education under the tutelage of Dr. Petra Todd in the Economics Department. 

Please feel free to reach out about any questions on research at Penn – my research journey has certainly taken many directions so I’m always open to chat about navigating resources, identifying research opportunities, and more!

Research Programs / Awards: 

• Summer Research Assistant, Behavior Change for Good Initiative (PIs: Katy Milkman & Angela Duckworth) (2022) 
• Research Assistant, Marketing Department 
• Independent Study, Economics Department
• Kanta Marwah College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant (2023)