INVITATIONS TO INDUSTRY
Meet our PhDs by speaking at our Invitations to Industry (i2i) Seminars
Designed to connect your organization with top PhDs from universities in the Erdős Institute network.
Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Graduate Alumni:
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UPCOMING SPEAKERS
All talks will be online with links available to website members.
Talks are currently being scheduled for Mondays at various times to accommodate our international audience.
= Mathematical and Physical Sciences
= Biological and Life Sciences
= Cognitive and Social Sciences
All times below are listed in your time zone.
Andrew Podob
Principal User Experience (UX) Researcher, UnitedHealth Group
2/17/25, 5:00 PM
Brandon Higgs
VP Global Head of Translational Data Science, Genmab
2/24/25, 5:00 PM
Dylan Bates
Research Engineer, EdgeRunner AI
3/3/25, 5:00 PM
Erika Ordog
Benchmarking Researcher, D-Wave
4/7/25, 4:00 PM
Andre R. Guimaraes
Senior Data Scientist, Michelin
4/14/25, 4:00 PM
Rajesh Naik
Chief Operating Officer, MINED XAI
6/2/25, 4:00 PM
Anthony Palmiscno
Education and Curriculum Specialist, Lingokids
6/9/25, 4:00 PM
Jiawei Sun
Quantitative Analytic Specialist, Wells Fargo
6/16/25, 4:00 PM
Amzi Jeffs
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computation Geophysics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
6/30/25, 4:00 PM
Dor Morag
Senior Data Scientist, Charlotte Hornets
7/7/25, 4:00 PM
Gleb Zhelezov
Data Science Manager, Two Six Technologies
7/14/25, 4:00 PM
Nikhil Tilak
Yield Development Engineer, Intel Corporation
9/15/25, 4:00 PM
Himalaya Senapati
Assistant Vice President, HSBC
9/22/25, 12:30 PM
Read Morrison
AVP, Data Science - Core Pricing Systems, CarMax
9/22/25, 4:00 PM
Andrew Uzilov
Senior Director, Computational Biology, Discovery Research, Veracyte, Inc.
9/29/25, 4:00 PM
Candan Güdücü
Software Consultant, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
10/6/25, 4:00 PM
Sumaiya Sande
Senior Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo
10/13/25, 12:30 PM
Yusuf Afolabi
Data Scientist, Caterpillar Inc.
10/20/25, 4:00 PM
Prasad Kothari
Head of Analytics, Hansa Cequity
11/3/25, 12:30 PM
Neha Prabhu
Analytics Consultant, The Parker Avery Group
11/24/25, 12:30 PM
PAST SPEAKERS
Neha Prabhu
Analytics Consultant, The Parker Avery Group
11/24/25, 12:30 PM
Prasad Kothari
Head of Analytics, Hansa Cequity
11/3/25, 12:30 PM
Yusuf Afolabi
Data Scientist, Caterpillar Inc.
10/20/25, 4:00 PM
Sumaiya Sande
Senior Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo
10/13/25, 12:30 PM
Candan Güdücü
Software Consultant, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
10/6/25, 4:00 PM
Andrew Uzilov
Senior Director, Computational Biology, Discovery Research, Veracyte, Inc.
9/29/25, 4:00 PM
Read Morrison
AVP, Data Science - Core Pricing Systems, CarMax
9/22/25, 4:00 PM
Himalaya Senapati
Assistant Vice President, HSBC
9/22/25, 12:30 PM
Nikhil Tilak
Yield Development Engineer, Intel Corporation
9/15/25, 4:00 PM
Gleb Zhelezov
Data Science Manager, Two Six Technologies
7/14/25, 4:00 PM
Dor Morag
Senior Data Scientist, Charlotte Hornets
7/7/25, 4:00 PM
Amzi Jeffs
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computation Geophysics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
6/30/25, 4:00 PM
Jiawei Sun
Quantitative Analytic Specialist, Wells Fargo
6/16/25, 4:00 PM
Anthony Palmiscno
Education and Curriculum Specialist, Lingokids
6/9/25, 4:00 PM
Rajesh Naik
Chief Operating Officer, MINED XAI
6/2/25, 4:00 PM
Andre R. Guimaraes
Senior Data Scientist, Michelin
4/14/25, 4:00 PM
Erika Ordog
Benchmarking Researcher, D-Wave
4/7/25, 4:00 PM
Dylan Bates
Research Engineer, EdgeRunner AI
3/3/25, 5:00 PM
Brandon Higgs
VP Global Head of Translational Data Science, Genmab
2/24/25, 5:00 PM
Andrew Podob
Principal User Experience (UX) Researcher, UnitedHealth Group
2/17/25, 5:00 PM
Tanya Borsuk
President, North 49LLC BD and Strategy Consulting
11/7/24, 5:00 PM
Kenny Chou
Data Scientist, Philips
11/4/24, 5:00 PM
Nico Jimenez
Founder & CEO, Mathpix
10/21/24, 4:00 PM
Guo Sheng
Data Scientist, Carelon
10/14/24, 4:00 PM
Liana Litvak
Manager, Workforce Analytics, Paramount
10/10/24, 4:00 PM
Federico Holm
Clean Energy Analyst, Center for Progressive Reform
10/7/24, 4:00 PM
Victor Yocco
Advisor, Research Strategy & Operations, Brawn
10/3/24, 4:00 PM
Kashif Bari
ORCA Analyst, Systems Planning & Analysis
9/19/24, 4:00 PM
Dananjaya Liyanage
Machine Learning Scientist, PayPal
9/12/24, 4:00 PM
Elliot Schwartz
Performance Innovation Lead, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
9/9/24, 4:00 PM
Curtis Sprouse
Founder, President, and CEO, EurekaConnect, LLC
4/25/24, 4:00 PM
Abdul Tariq
Associate Vice President of Data Science, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
4/22/24, 4:00 PM
Wen-Sen Lu
Quantum Engineer - Circuit Design, Atlantic Quantum
4/18/24, 4:00 PM
Michaela Huffman
Manager, UX Research, EmployBridge
4/15/24, 4:00 PM
Eric Oden
Senior Research Scientist, Upstart
4/11/24, 4:00 PM
Howard Friedman
Adjunct Professor of Data Science, Statistics, and Program Evaluation, Columbia University
4/1/24, 4:00 PM
Janna Dominick
Senior UX Researcher, Vanguard
3/28/24, 4:00 PM
Mark Stevens
Chief Special Projects Officer, STR
3/25/24, 4:00 PM
Karen Chow
Senior Learning Scientist, Duolingo
3/21/24, 4:00 PM
Nathaniel Haines
Manager, Data Science Research, Ledger Investing
3/18/24, 4:00 PM
Luke Corwin
Big Data Engineer, Anteriad
3/4/24, 5:00 PM
Reynier Cruz Torres
Deep Learning Engineer, Dyneti Technologies, Inc.
2/29/24, 4:00 PM
Paul Sutter
Astrophysics Research Professor, Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University
2/23/24, 5:00 PM
Berna Basar
Manager, Customer Research, MetLife
2/22/24, 5:00 PM
Fernando Gómez-Baquero
Director of Runway and Spinouts, Jacobs Technion at Cornell Tech
2/19/24, 5:00 PM
Ákos Nagy
Quantum Research Scientist, BEIT
2/12/24, 5:00 PM
Ariella Sasson
Principal Solutions Architect - Global Healthcare & Life Sciences, Amazon Web Services
2/8/24, 5:00 PM
Doris Lee
Product Manager, Snowflake
2/5/24, 5:00 PM
Shahnawaz Khalid
Associate, Credit Quantitative Strategies and Data Group, Bank of America
11/20/23, 5:00 PM
Kari Eifler
Data Scientist II - Viva Insights, Microsoft
11/13/23, 5:00 PM
Biplav Choudhury
Principal Inventive Scientist, AT&T Labs, Inc.
11/9/23, 5:00 PM
Preethi Raghavan
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Fidelity Investments
11/6/23, 5:00 PM
Julie Niziurski
Research Manager, PATH
11/2/23, 4:00 PM
Daniel Canaday
Machine Learning Engineer, Helm.ai
10/23/23, 4:00 PM
Dyas Utomo
Senior Data Scientist, Klarna
10/12/23, 4:00 PM
Mehmet Kaplan
Lead Data Scientist, New Jersey Institute of Technology
10/9/23, 4:00 PM
Christopher Dean
Chief Technology Officer, Mined XAI
10/5/23, 4:00 PM
Max Glick
Software Engineer, Google
10/2/23, 4:00 PM
Samir Chowdhury
Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Bear Flag Robotics
9/28/23, 4:00 PM
Jim Kloet
Manager of Data Science & Product Analytics, Reverb
9/25/23, 4:00 PM
Jonathan Viereck
Module and Integration Yield Engineer, Intel
9/21/23, 4:00 PM
Aidan Zabalo
Senior Data Scientist, Prudential Financial
9/18/23, 4:00 PM
Felipe Perez
VP of Machine Learning, Signal 1
9/11/23, 4:00 PM
Gregory Barker
Scientific Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
9/7/23, 4:00 PM
Joey Thompson
PhD Recruiter, Susquehanna International Group
5/22/23, 4:00 PM
Alex Karlovitz
AI/ML Research Engineer, Sr, Lockheed Martin
4/20/23, 4:00 PM
Gökçen Büyükbaş
Data Scientist, Precise Software Solutions, Inc.
4/17/23, 4:00 PM
Tuguldur Sukhbold
Principal Data Scientist, Radiation Partners
4/10/23, 4:00 PM
Gabriel Tucci
Managing Director, Citi
3/27/23, 4:00 PM
Lekshmi Nair
Senior Data Scientist, USAA
3/20/23, 4:00 PM
Bhargava Nemmaru
Process Development Scientist, Amgen
3/9/23, 5:00 PM
Nicole Torosin
Bioinformatics Scientist, Tally Health
3/6/23, 5:00 PM
Benjamin Campbell
Data Science Team Lead, Aware
3/2/23, 5:00 PM
Mae Markowski
Engineer, Engineering Development Group, MathWorks
2/13/23, 5:00 PM
Alexander Izaguirre
Chief Data Officer, New York City Health and Hospitals
2/9/23, 5:00 PM
Alec Clott
Sr. Principal, Quantitative Analytics and Data Science, Gartner
2/6/23, 5:00 PM
Zwick Tang
Vice President, Data Science and Advanced Analytics , Universal Music Group
12/5/22, 5:00 PM
Sean Meehan
Senior Data Scientist, Eventellect
11/21/22, 5:00 PM
Shuvra Gupta
Senior Data Scientist, Wayfair
11/14/22, 5:00 PM
In Person!
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Susquehanna International Group
11/3/22, 5:00 PM
Brooke Ogrodnik
Research Scientist, Metron
11/3/22, 4:00 PM
Sushant More
Research Scientist II, Amazon
10/24/22, 4:00 PM
In Person!
University of Michigan, Susquehanna International Group
10/20/22, 8:00 PM
Sarah Kessler
Data Scientist, Near
10/17/22, 4:00 PM
Frank Seuffert
Director of Business Analytics, PAMPCO
10/13/22, 4:00 PM
Lei Ray Zhong
Sr. Director, Data Analytics R&D, Real Chemistry
10/6/22, 4:00 PM
Kyle Dettman
Customer Facing Data Scientist Associate, DataRobot
9/29/22, 4:00 PM
Jessica Nave-Blodgett
Human Factors Scientist, Exponent
9/26/22, 4:00 PM
In Person Visit!
RSVP to attend, Upstart
9/22/22, 4:00 PM
Sandrine Mueller
Quantitative UX Researcher, Google
9/15/22, 4:00 PM
Inmaculada Sorribes
Scientist - Pharmacometrics, Certara
9/12/22, 4:00 PM
Rebecca Reesman, PhD
Engineer & Policy Analyst, The Aerospace Corporation
James Clemens, PhD
Data Science Engineer, Data Robot
Hunter Brooks, PhD
Principal Data Scientist, Oracle Data Cloud (Moat)
Archana Anandakrishnan, PhD
Senior Data Scientist, Spotify
Olivia Walch, PhD
CEO and Founder, Arcascope
Stefan Natu, PhD
ML/AI Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Igor Ferst, PhD
Cofounder, Mobikit
Benjamin Campbell, PhD
Data Scientist, CoverMyMeds
Haile Owusu, PhD
SVP Analytics, Decisions & Data Sciences, Turner (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc)
Max Ehrman, PhD
Senior Analyst, Washington Nationals
Ross Kravitz, PhD
Data Scientist, Stripe
Tigran Ananyan, PhD
Senior Software Developer and Mathematician, Altair Engineering
Kevin Nowland, PhD
Data Scientist, CoverMyMeds
Steven Nadler, PhD
VP and Head of Discovery and Translational Research, Aro Biotherapeutics
Katie Sasso Schafer, PhD
Director of Data Science, Columbus Collaboratory
Farrah Sadre-Marandi, PhD
Associate Consultant, qPharmetra
Jason Morgan, PhD
Vice President of Behavioral Intelligence, Aware
Liana Litvak
Manager, Workforce Analytics, Paramount
Joseph Rossetti, PhD
Associate, Matrix Economics, LLP
Zhaoxu (Josh) Xi, PhD
Data Scientist, Upstart
Benjamin Campbell, PhD
Data Scientist, CoverMyMeds
Becky Hoai, PhD
Data Consultant, Slalom
Serdar Tufekci. P.E., FIMechE
CEO, Ohio State Energy Partners
Alex Mueller, PhD
CEO and Founder, Capnion
Shain Shapiro, PhD
Founder & CEO, Sound Diplomacy
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