Summary
Zhouhan Chen is the founder of Safelink Network and creator of Information Tracer, an award-winning platform that uncovers coordinated manipulation, misinformation, and complex narratives across social media for journalists, researchers, and humanitarian agencies. With a PhD in Data Science from NYU and 11 years of experience across security teams at Twitter, Google, and AWS, he blends deep expertise in cyber security, anti-abuse systems, and social network analysis to build production-grade detection tooling. His work spans cross-platform misinformation tracing and automated malware/URL campaign discovery, a combination that uniquely ties information integrity to technical threat detection. Based in New York with roots in Singapore, he routinely partners with international fact-checkers, the UN, and academic labs, bringing rigorous research into practical investigative workflows.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science at New York University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Rice University