Curriculumvitae.
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Education
2023–28 (expected)
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley.
Dissertation: Moral Responsibility and Artificial Agents.
Advisors: R. Jay Wallace and Johann Frick.
Advisors: R. Jay Wallace and Johann Frick.
2020–23
B.A. (Hons), Philosophy, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
First-class honors in each year. Top marks in cohort (Craig Taylor Prize) and honors with distinction in year 2.
2014–18
A.B., Computer Science, Harvard College.
Additional coursework in applied math, music theory and history, and philosophy.
2014–19
M.M., Piano Performance, New England Conservatory of Music.
Harvard–NEC Dual Degree Program. Studio of Wha Kyung Byun.
Publications
2021
“Deepfakes” and the End of the Photographic Age. Aporia (St Andrews), vol. XXI.
Top paper prize.
Other papers
2026
Attention, Agency, Morality.
PhD Candidacy Qualifying Paper, advised by R. Jay Wallace.
2026
Ex Ante Contractualism and Fairness.
PhD Candidacy Qualifying Paper, advised by Johann Frick.
2026
The Problem of Double Vision: Subjective and Objective Perspectives.
PhD Candidacy Qualifying Paper, advised by Shamik Dasgupta.
2024
Getting Reflective Machines to Do Your Dirty Work.
Moral and Political Philosophy of AI, taught by Adriano Mannino & Michal Masny.
2024
Disturbance: The Third Problem of Machine Learning.
History of Automated Decision-Making, taught by Shamik Dasgupta & Ben Recht.
2024
Rescuing the PET FISH: Re-Composing Prototype Theories of Concepts using Large Language Models.
Intentionality and the Psychology of Concepts, taught by Verónica Gómez Sánchez.
2024
Estimating Utility Functions for Predictably Irrational Agents with Preference Change.
AI Alignment from the Perspective of Formal Philosophy, taught by Wes Holliday & Snow Zhang.
2023
A Theory of Normative Reasons for Artificial Intelligence.
BA Dissertation, supervised by Richard Holton.
2023
Regret, Blame, and the Self.
BA Extended Essay, supervised by Sophie Dandelet.
Selected presentations
Jul 2026
The Disturbance Problem.
16th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy.
Mar 2026
To be an Ideal Theorist, Do Non-Ideal Theory.
PhilForum, UC Berkeley.
May 2025
Comments: Charles Green, “Phenomenal Properties as Real Patterns”.
Berkeley-London Conference.
Apr 2025
Comments: Rodrigo Garro, “The Format of Spatial Representation”.
APA Pacific.
Apr 2024
Testimonial Injustice and Credibility Excess.
APA Pacific, Diversity Institute Alumni Program. Also presented at UC Berkeley Wollheim Society (March 2024) and PhilForum (Feb 2024).
May 2019
Plato’s Theory of Music and the Soul: The Value of Music Education.
Tsinghua University. Two-hour English/Mandarin bilingual lecture and Q&A at Tsinghua University conference for rural school principals and music educators.
Employment
2024–
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley.
See Teaching.
2026
Founding Engineer (part-time), Parenting-advice startup.
Launched a voice-advisor app for first-time parents, built on hundreds of lectures by an early childhood education expert. Encoded her counselling method and tested LLM replies against her own transcripts.
2023–25
Lead Engineer (contract), Beaver Health.
Led a team of five to rebuild from scratch a platform delivering Cognitive Stimulation Therapy to dementia patients. Built a conversational agent strictly adhering to clinically approved scripts, with memory across sessions and RAG over NIH guidance.
Summers 2017 & 2018
Software Engineer Intern, Snapchat.
2017: Foot Traffic Insights; 2018: Snap Map.
Summer 2016
Software Engineer Intern, Microsoft.
Microsoft Garage in Cambridge, MA.
2015
Founding Team Member and Software Engineer, Gifs.com.
Raised $1M+ of venture capital. Startup awarded Thiel Fellowship. Featured in Business Insider.
Teaching
Student evaluations at Berkeley (aggregate)Above the dept. mean on all eight rated questions.73 of 74 agreed the teaching enhanced their learning.Overall effectiveness: 6.6/7 (dept. mean 6.3).Written feedback: 6.6/7 (dept. mean 6.1).
Fall 2026
Ancient Philosophy, phil 25a, Prof. David Riesbeck.
Three weekly discussion sections, 50 undergraduates.
Summer 2026
Individual Morality and Social Justice, phil 2, Christian Nakazawa.
Two-hour weekly discussion section, 18 undergraduates.
Spring 2026
Philosophical Methods, phil 100, Prof. Geoffrey Lee.
Weekly tutorial-style individual meetings and extensive written feedback for 11 undergraduates.
Spring 2025
Individual Morality and Social Justice, phil 2, Prof. R. Jay Wallace.
Three weekly discussion sections, 50 undergraduates.
Fall 2024
Individual Morality and Social Justice, phil 2, Prof. Johann Frick.
Three weekly discussion sections, 50 undergraduates.
Guest lecture on Bernard Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism”.
Guest lecture on Bernard Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism”.
Fall 2015
Introduction to Computer Science, cs50, Harvard, Prof. David Malan.
Led weekly section of 12 students from college first-years to PhD candidates. Instructed hundreds of students at weekly office hours. Teaching evaluation: 4.6/5.
Service
2025
Referee, Journal of Moral Philosophy.
2024
Referee, Synthese.
2024–25; 2025–26
Colloquium Organizer, UC Berkeley Philosophy.
2023–24; 2026
Wollheim Society Coordinator, UC Berkeley Philosophy.
Music
Feb 2023
Doreen Carwithen, Concerto for Piano and Strings.
St John’s College Music Society; Max Todes, conductor.
Nov 2022
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26.
Cambridge University Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor.
Prizewinner, CUMS Concerto Competition.
Prizewinner, CUMS Concerto Competition.
Jun 2022
Schumann, Papillons, op. 2, and Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6.
The Mary Bevan Recital, Wolfson College, Cambridge.
By invitation, as a prizewinner in the CUMS Concerto Competition.
By invitation, as a prizewinner in the CUMS Concerto Competition.
2020–23
Brian Moore Accompanist Scholarship.
Wolfson College, Cambridge.
2020–23
Solo recitals, Wolfson College, Cambridge.
November 2020, June 2021, and June 2023.
Jul 2019
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16.
Shanghai Youth Philharmonic Orchestra; Cao Peng, conductor.
Invited soloist, Music in Summer Air festival, Shanghai.
Invited soloist, Music in Summer Air festival, Shanghai.
Feb 2017
Bartók, Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, op. 1.
Bach Society Orchestra, Harvard University; Sasha Scolnik-Brower, conductor.
Apr 2016
Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, op. 80.
East Texas Symphony Orchestra; Richard Lee, conductor.
Nov 2014
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453.
River Charles Ensemble, Harvard University.
Jul 2013
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26.
Houston Symphony; Robert Franz, conductor.
Centennial celebration concert.
Centennial celebration concert.
Languages
English and Mandarin Chinese (native); Spanish (fluent); Literary Chinese and Ancient Greek (reading); Russian (basic).