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Atherton, CA, US

United States

Piloting and scaling what we believe is the best collaborative AI assisted education platform for organizations providing early childhood education on the market. Combining some of the best AI coders in Silicon Valley, the most recent research on multi-modal English language acquisition, world class education and child psychology expertise, and a.

SF Bay Area

Community building for the local SF Bay Area effective altruism movement.

Berkeley, California, United States

Researching how to utilize AI for global public health problems with an eye to piggybacking biosecurity surveillance on top and taking climate adaptation into account. Also working to institute legislation for AI and biosecurity focusing on the US and China.

China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Russia, Indonesia, Palestine

Investing in for profit and not for profit enterprises with a mission to alleviate global poverty and decrease global catastrophic risks, including climate change mitigation/adaptation, social venture capital, public health, real estate and manufacturing primarily in developing countries. Exploring investment opportunities in AI and Biosecurity risk.

Beijing, China

Managed relationship between China’s Ministry of Technology, BMGF, and African partners to promote appropriate health and agricultural technologies from China to African countries. Strategic planning within BMGF and for BMGF China office to switch from a China for China to a China for Africa orientation.

Massachusetts, Louisiana, Texas

Apart from typical board duties in a climate change activism organization, also performed outreach to local government, community based organizations, local organizers in rural and urban Texas and Louisiana.

SF Bay Area

Visited patients sharing a human presence during the dying process.

Nairobi County, Kenya

Researched Asian venture capital models for the Presidential Office of Kenya and their possible application to the East African context. Consulted on educational reform for Kenyan Universities to follow a “Stanford” triple helix model of graduating businesses.

China, Haiti, Uganda, Botswana

Coordinated China's first successful Global Fund Proposal for HIV/AIDS ($100 million)Managed international relations with UN, Bilateral, and NGO's involved in the initiation of China's HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment program.

Wrote, edited and broadcast news for SportScene and documentaries. Perhaps not a job aligned with my values, however I gained direct insight into China’s national state media system since my division was considered “news”. My time included China’s reaction to 9/11, the suppression of Falun Gong, and the propaganda machinery built for the 2008 Beijing.

Berkeley, California, United States

Researched protein sequence algorithms to predict tertiary protein structure. Google’s AI alpha-fold program beat everyone to it.

Albany, California, United States

Researched cre-lox plasmid genetic transmission to Arabadopsis and Tobacco plants. Made them glow in the dark.:)

Redwood Shores, California

Researched tyrosine kinase based pharmaceuticals for efficacy assays on cancer cells in vitro with immortal cell lines and in vivo on athymic mice.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Mpp, Political And Economic Devlepment

Certificate, Hiv/Aids Epidemiology

Certificate Of Study, Mandarin Chinese

Ba, Molecular And Cellular Biology

High School Diploma