Co-President

Henry is a fourth year double-majoring in data science and philosophy! He's super interested in emerging technology policy — when he's not research assistant-ing, reading, or applying to tech policy think tanks, he's making crossword puzzles (published in the Maroon and the New York Times!), making bread from scratch, and climbing mountains.

He’d love to buy you a coffee and chat about EA, UChicago, your career plans, the most recent book you read, vegan cooking, or whatever’s been on your mind lately — schedule a meeting here or email henryj@uchicago.edu!

Co-President

Michelle is a fourth-year from Plano, TX majoring in econ spec data science. She's particularly interested in s-risk/moral circle expansion, animal welfare/cultivated meat, & longtermist governance. Her hobbies include reading, hiking/running, & playing social deduction games.

Feel free to reach out at mma02@uchicago.edu

Assistant Director

Noah is a second year from Long Island, NY. He is studying philosophy and either math or economics, though he is interested in a broad range of topics so chat him up. At the moment, he is interested in value theory, normative ethics, and formal epistemology as they relate to practical decision making. His hobbies include reading (mostly non-fiction) and (mostly urban) backpacking.

He loves meeting and talking to new people, and you can reach out to him at dnbirnbaum@uchicago.edu

Assistant Director

Avik is a second-year from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is majoring in economics and computational and applied math. He’s particularly interested in global development and AI X-risk. His hobbies include reading history and playing go.

X-Risk Initiative Lead

Isabella is a master’s student in computational social sciences. She’s excited to learn more about cooperative AI in a less abstract sense and methodologies of studying existential risks. She was a summer research fellow at Stanford Existential Risk Institute, where she considered how prediction technologies could transform the risks of war. She was also a Tianxia Academy Fellow and a Laidlaw Scholar. She has a BSc in philosophy and politics from University College London.

Contact her at isabelladuan@uchicago.edu.

Longtermist Policy Working Group Lead

Zack completed his MPP at the Harris School of Public Policy in 2023. Previously, he studied mathematics and philosophy at Amherst College, was a SERI Summer Research Fellow, did independent research on population ethics, and co-founded the Amherst EA group. He now hopes to enter a career working on AI policy in the US federal government. He enjoys baking, house plants, and reading the classics.

Contact him at zrudolph@uchicago.edu

Newsletter Lead

Leonard is an exchange student from the University of Hong Kong. He studies philosophy, with a focus on ethics and political philosophy. He is interested in EA-meta, population ethics, effective philanthropy and various other topics in EA. Before coming to UChicago, Leonard was one of the executive members of Effective Altruism Hong Kong.

Contact him at leonardly@uchicago.edu.