Dake Zhang, Ph.D., is the Co-Principal Investigator for the iCareer study and an Associate Professor of Special Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research focuses on the academic preparation and transition of high school and college students with disabilities. She received awards as the PI for a research project funded by the Spencer Foundation (2016-2018) and by the P. Y. Chou Foundation (2017). Her professional career outside of academia includes being a panelist on the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Dr. Zhang serves on the editorial boards of Learning Disability Quarterly and the Journal of Disability Policy Studies.