People
Faculty Members
Ari Holtzman
aholtzman@uchicago.edu
Generative models Behavioral analysis Lowering the noise floor Generative models as a new kind of abstraction

Mina Lee
mnlee@uchicago.edu
Writing with AI Human-language model interaction Evaluation in interactive settings Creativity and productivity tools

Chenhao Tan
chenhao@uchicago.edu
Human-AI collaboration Explanations and interpretability Understanding and improving human decision making AI-assisted democracy
Postdocs, Students, and Researchers

Jingchao Fang
Postdoc (hosted by Mina)

Julia Mendelsohn
Postdoc (hosted by Chenhao)

Xiaoyan Bai
PhD 2024 (advised by Chenhao)

Dang Nguyen
PhD 2024 (advised by Chenhao)

Grace Li
PhD 2024 (advised by Mina)

Yichen (Zach) Wang
PhD 2024 (advised by Mina and Ari)

Jiayin Zhi
PhD 2024 (advised by Mina)

(Harvey) Yiyun Fu
PhD 2024 (advised by Ari)

Todd Nief
PhD 2024 (advised by Ari)

Chenghao (Alan) Yang
PhD 2022 (advised by Allyson Ettinger)

Lalchand Pandia
PhD 2022 (advised by Allyson Ettinger)

Mansi Sakarvadia
PhD 2022 (advised by Ian Foster and Kyle Chard)

Mourad Heddaya
PhD 2021 (advised by Chenhao)

Karen Zhou
PhD 2021 (advised by Chenhao)

Haokun Liu
PhD 2021 (advised by Chenhao)

Yi Wu
MS 2025 (advised by Chenhao)
Obi Obetta
Undergraduate Researcher
Past Members

Yangqiaoyu (Rosa) Zhou
PhD 2020 -> Microsoft

Chacha Chen
PhD 2021 -> Apple

Yixuan (Tom) Wang
MS 2025 -> PhD UWaterloo

Chao-Chun (Joe) Hsu
PhD 2024 -> Amazon

Han Liu
PhD 2024

Shi Feng
Postdoc 2023 -> Research Associate at NYU -> Assistant Professor at George Washington University