I figure out how to design and govern AI systems in domains where getting deployment right really matters -- like health. My current focus is product design and safety guardrails for AI mental health and well-being tools, and evaluating LLM capabilities like persuasion and theory of mind.
I'm a postdoctoral researcher in the DesignAI lab at Cornell, and an affiliate of the MINT and Social-Centered AI labs.
Previously at Google Research, I translated safety and fairness research into product requirements and data policies for speech technologies in the 1,000 Languages Initiative.
Before academia, I spent eight years across strategy consulting and law -- including regulatory negotiations for Australia's national broadband network and anti-corruption litigation in Guatemala. I like turning research into good decisions inside fast-moving, regulated organizations.
