Matt Jen-Yuan Chiang
I’m a researcher at Meta Reality Labs focused on making digital humans—skin, hair, eyes, and cloth—realistic, efficient, and controllable. My research spans physically-based and neural methods in both forward and inverse rendering, aiming to connect intuitive, generative avatar creation with physically grounded representations.
Previously, I worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios on Disney's Hyperion renderer, where I specialized in production shading model development, including the Chiang hair and fur model. I also worked at the Graphics Lab of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies on Light Stage and digital human related projects.
