Yale University
Sept 2024 – May 2026
MS in Computer Science
Notable coursework: Topics in CS and Global Affairs, Industrial AI Applications
About
I'm pivoting from software engineering to AI safety. I believe the greatest risks to humanity's future stem from catastrophically misaligned AI, especially from reinforcement learning.
I have a BS from Boston University and I'm in my final semester of a 2-year MS at Yale, with both research and industry experience in software engineering and about four years of teaching experience.
My recent work investigates whether inoculation prompts that counter emergent misalignment from in-context learning are well correlated to those that work in fine-tuning settings. I'm also studying emergent behaviors on Moltbook.
What Gets Me Up in the Morning
When I'm not thinking about AI, I'm usually bothering my kitten Calvin (he's the weirdest little guy, loves knocking over water glasses) and my puppy Annie (who, despite being Calvin's best friend, is a good girl and has never done anything wrong). I love debating ethics, and I'm on a mission to visit every US national park. So far I've made it to 8.
Resume
Education
BlueDot Impact
Spring 2026
AI Safety Training
Technical AI Safety; AGI Strategy Courses – safety techniques, threat models, open research problems; governance strategy, threat modeling, and policy interventions, kill chain analysis, defense-in-depth.
Boston University
Sept 2020 – May 2024
BA in Computer Science
One of four students awarded the 2024 Department Prize for Academic Excellence.
Minor in Great Books Core Curriculum. Notable coursework: Streaming Systems; Distributed Systems; Operating Systems; Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Science
Experience
American Civics Exchange
June 2025 – Present
Software Engineer
Developing full stack software for an early-stage prediction market startup, utilizing AI where appropriate. Took broad independent responsibility while collaborating with a team to develop business critical features quickly.
Yale University
Fall 2024 – Present
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Managed assignments for Intro to Systems Programming and Building Game Engines.
Boston University
Spring – Summer 2024
Head Teaching Assistant
Taught labs and coordinated the work of four other TAs for Distributed Systems. Overhauled the course assignments and lab teaching materials. Held office hours that regularly attracted many students.
Boston University
Spring – Summer 2024
Research Assistant
Developed a high-performance stream processing system in Go for the Complex Analytics & Scalable Processing Lab. Achieving the required performance required deep understanding of Go language internals and concurrency primitives.
Boston University
Spring & Fall 2023
Teaching and Course Assistant
Taught labs, held office hours, and assisted in lectures for Intro to Database Systems and Intro to CS.
Elisa Polystar
May – Aug 2023
Software Developer Intern, Helsinki
Developed a range of Python tools for use in 5G mobile network automation and analytics.
Matchmade
May – Aug 2022
Software Engineering Intern, Helsinki
Completed multiple product development projects in TypeScript, React, and NodeJS.