I work on recursive self-improvement of coding Droids at Factory in San Francisco. My research interest is implicit feedback: improving systems from how users behave, without asking them for explicit ratings.
Previously a Founding Member of Technical Staff at Perceptron AI on multimodal video data, and a research intern at Contextual AI on automatic prompt tuning for RAG. B.S. and M.S. from the Paul G. Allen School at the University of Washington. Deferred a CS Ph.D. indefinitely at UIUC under Tal August.
In my free time, I learn to play accordion and teach myself music theory. I write, sketch, and go to parks.
San Francisco, CA
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| May 02, 2026 | Joined Factory 🏭 in San Francisco! Wrote a reflection on the last year. |
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| Jun 09, 2025 | Joined Perceptron AI full time! Deferred PhD program to 2026. |
| Apr 21, 2025 | I get to spend spring/summer in WA working on data at Perceptron AI! The team is great and the problems are hard, aligned with my research interests. |
| Apr 15, 2025 | I’m eager to join UIUC in the fall! Looking for spring/summer work aligned with my research interests. |
| Apr 07, 2025 | New website! Porting over information throughout the next few weeks 🚧 |
