Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher
Harvard Business School AI Institute (formerly D³ Institute), Boston, MA
Working with Jacqueline N. Lane, Shai Bernstein, and Karim R. Lakhani
Research on human-AI collaboration in high-stakes professional work, including AI-assisted negotiation.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Cambridge, MA
Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Gajos
Dissertation: Designing intelligent systems that address social challenges faced by vulnerable populations
B.Sc. in Computer Science, B.A. in Physics (Magna Cum Laude)
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Research Experience
Researcher
Frontline Associates
- Conducted a formative study with 30+ humanitarian and crisis negotiators to identify challenges in using ChatGPT for document summarization and knowledge sharing, resulting in a first-author publication at the ICML 2024 Next Generation of AI Safety Workshop.
- Designed and implemented an LLM interface for humanitarian negotiation preparation. Compared it with ChatGPT in a study with professional negotiators; published at CHIWORK 2025.
- Organized and led AI-focused workshops on frontline negotiation, the first of their kind, engaging over 100 global negotiators; adopted by organizations including the ICRC, UN, BMZ, and MSF.
- Organized the first Harvard Negotiation Challenge, with over 100 global negotiators simulating negotiation with LLM chatbots.
CTO & Founding Engineer
Sumeria Labs
- Led the design and development of an NFT lending protocol with the CEO.
- Managed a CertiK security audit and addressed the identified vulnerabilities.
- Implemented loan origination and collateral liquidation services on AWS.
Research Intern, HCI Group
Stanford University
- Analyzed behavioral data from HabitLab; the work was published at CHI 2019.
- Built behavioral coaching mechanisms with neural networks and multi-armed bandit algorithms.
- Ran A/B tests of intervention strategies.
Research Intern, Imaging Science and Innovation
Geisinger Health System
- Developed a convolutional neural network using TensorFlow to automatically segment heart substructures in cardiac MR images, achieving a 97% Dice coefficient on a dataset of 50 patients.
- Created interactive data visualizations to communicate research findings to the public and stakeholders.
Awards & Honors
2023 AMIA Best Student Paper Finalist (Top 8)
2022 UniSwap Grants Program
2019 Computer Science Arts & Sciences Outstanding Student Award, Bucknell University
2019 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
2018-2019 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
2017-2018 Residential Education Academic Excellence Award
2017 Program for Undergraduate Research, Bucknell University
2016-2019 Dean's List
Teaching Experience
Harvard University
2023-2025 — Teaching Fellow for Data Science Capstone
2020 — Teaching Fellow for Data Visualization; Course Designer for Intro to NLP with PyTorch
Bucknell University
2018 — Teaching Assistant for Algorithms and Data Structures
2017-2018 — Teaching Assistant for Classical Mechanics Lab (numerical methods in Python and Mathematica)
2016-2017 — Teaching Assistant & Study Group Leader for Classical and Modern Physics I & II
2016-2017 — Teaching Assistant for Engineering 100
2016 — Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science I
Academic Service
ACM CHI — 2024*, 2025
ACM CHI LBW — 2024
ACM CSCW — 2024*, 2025
ACM CSCW Posters — 2024
ACM DIS — 2025
ACM IUI — 2024*
ACM CUI Posters — 2024
ACM UIST — 2024
* Special recognition for outstanding reviews.
Invited Talks
Mar 2025 — Program on Negotiation (PON), AI Negotiation Summit: "ChatGPT, Don't Tell Me What to Do: Designing AI for Context Analysis in Humanitarian Frontline Negotiations"
Mar 2025 — Harvard Global AI in Negotiation Challenge: "ChatGPT, Don't Tell Me What to Do"
Oct 2024 — Panelist, Carnegie Mellon University, "Queer(ing) Generative AI for a Queer Visibility Summit"
Sep 2024 — AI in Humanitarian and Crisis Negotiation Workshop: "Confidentiality and Privacy in Using ChatGPT for Humanitarian Frontline Negotiations"
Leadership & Activities
Jun 2018 - May 2019 — President & Treasurer, Human Centered Design Club, Bucknell University
Aug 2016 - May 2018 — LGBTQ+ Housing Residential Advisor, Residential Education, Bucknell University