I'm an independent AI policy researcher and am in the process of starting a related non-profit. I'm a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress, a Strategy Advisor for Epoch AI, a member of the AI Policy and Governance Working Group, and a member of the AI Governance Forum at the Center for a New American Security.

I worked at OpenAI from 2018 through 2024, first as Research Scientist on the Policy team, then as Head of Policy Research, and finally as Senior Advisor for AGI Readiness. I left in 2024 and described my rationale and next steps here.

​Before joining OpenAI, I was a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute from 2016-2018. From 2018 through 2022, I served as a member of Axon's AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board. 

 I completed a PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology from Arizona State University in 2019. My dissertation committee consisted of David Guston (chair), Erik Fisher, Joanna Bryson, and Lauren Keeler. My academic research was supported by the National Science Foundation, the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the Future of Life Institute. 

Prior to graduate school, I worked at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) for two years, and interned for the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). Before that, I completed various internships related to energy policy while getting a BA in Political Science at George Washington University.

If you want to get in touch about something, my contact information can be found in the upper right corner of the page (email is preferred).

If you are just interested in briefly chatting about your research or career plans, you can skip email and schedule something here, though please read this first.

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