Harvard University
Erik BernhardssonCo-founder and CEO · ModalFounder↗
Engineer · Researcher
Eric Zhang
Career & education
Current role
ModalNov 2026-presentMember of Technical Staff
ModalNov 2026-presentPreviously
Thinking Machines LabOct 2025-Nov 2026Member of Technical StaffModal2022-2025Founding Engineer
Thinking Machines LabOct 2025-Nov 2026Modal2022-2025Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations705As of Nov 14, '26
citations+677Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
Updates 1
References
- Eric Zhang’s résuméekzhang.com
Identifies Zhang as the original author and architect of Modal’s container runtime and describes its scale across multiple clouds.
- Inside Modal Notebooksmodal.com
Zhang describes the team that built collaborative cloud GPU notebooks and how they started in seconds.
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Reviewed August 9, 2026 · Checked for accuracy and new information.
