My name is Yuanyuan Zhang and I come from Chengdu, China. Chengdu's cuisine has an international reputation for being very spicy. So Red Hot Chili is the theme of Chengdu's daily life as well as my Homepage's.

I am a Research Associate, working in CREST Centre, Department of Computer Science, University College London, UK.

From 2006 - 2011, I had worked on SEBASE project. Currently I am working on DAASE project and doing research on Search-based Software Engineering (SBSE). I received my Ph.D. degree in 2010 under the supervision of Professor Mark Harman and Dr. Nicolas Gold. My research interesting is Search-based Requirements Analysis & Optimisation.

My current work position is sponsored by the EPSRC.