Warning!!! Below is a really long and boring description of my life, but if you're a internship recruiter, or just want to know my credentials, then download my résumé or go to my Academics page.

Hello my name is Pei Zhang and I am from Beijing, China :D

为中华之崛起

I was born one night in 1979, in Beijing China, lived with my grandparents, went to kindergarten in Beijing, elementary school. I don't remember much and it seem like such a long time ago. I was never a "three good" student, always late to class and stuff and getting into a lot of fights and got into trouble a lot. I was the 2nd group to be able to join the young pioneers, the good students were the first. however my friends nominated and I become a "small leader" second grade. I did a really bad job so Wasn't re-selected... But after that, I enjoyed the responsibility less, care free life. All went well until I turned 10 years old.

Came to the US to live with my parents when I was 10. went to elementary school and didn't speak English for 2 years, I was taught that the American is a evil capitalist society and didn't want to speak "their" language. Until junior high came and, of course, my grandmother was able to convince me that I should learn the language and gain knowledge since I was going to be there for a while, I guess she was right. I shouldn't be too idealistic. With a solid basic education in China, my GPA soon rose above 2.0 :p although I still get Cs every now and then... :p

Junior high came and went and high school came. meet a lot more smarter people and got some inspiration to be a better student. Of course, that idea soon went away and I stop caring about grades very soon... Junior year I decided to fool my way in to a decent college so joined a whole lot of clubs, competitions and even went to some colleges to take classes. Apparently my ability to sell my self wasn't too bad, Caltech actually accepted me, it baffles me too...

Life at Caltech was very much fun. Living near friends produced a lot more chance for fun and friction. So many more different people here than in my High school. Went to many places and had lots of fun. I guess you guys can see in my photo album.

Now I've graduated with Honors from Tech!!! ... So decided to come to Princeton to avoid entering the "real world".

I am currently working on the ZebraNet project under Professor Martonosi at Princeton University. ZebraNet is a mobile sensor network aimed at wildlife tracking for biology research studies. Since January, 2003, I have been responsible for ZebraNet hardware design of ZebraNet which include a long
range radio, a GPS and a microcontroller to allow for long range ad-hoc
networking. Got to go to Africa Jan 2004 to test the newest version of the device. Currently we deployed it as part of tracking collars on seven zebras in the vicinity of Princeton's Mpala Research Centre in Kenya. Now I'm working on my research seminar.

For the future, so far I want to be a professor or something, avoid the real world at all cost... But who knows, I wanted to be a Physicist, then a chemist, then became a EE major. So...