About

Hello. I’m interested in US-China strategic thinking and China AI policy.

I’m currently conducting independent China research on grant from Redwood Research, with writing mentorship from Alexa Pan. I’m also evaluating assumptions about China in different forecasting scenarios, under the mentorship of Naci Cankaya.

I contract with METR and am a co-founder with Jasmine Li on Babel Translation for safety organizations.

I studied Sociology and Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as Policy Lead for the Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative.

I’m well-versed in rational-choice theory, game theory (Schelling), political behavior, regime breakdown, and comparative historical methods.

I designed methodology and context for Project Synesis, which tracks public statements by non-US jurisdiction on AI risk. I regularly write memos of Chinese policy documents or my intuitions on the China AI landscape.

COURSEWORK

Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
Sociology of Economic Institutions
Political Sociology
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Probability and Info Theory in Machine Learning
Matrix Methods in Machine Learning

LANGUAGES

English
Mandarin Chinese
French
Ancient Greek
Biblical Hebrew