Background

Over the past few years, I've worked across startup accelerators, national competitions, research fellowships, and international exchange programmes. Gradually shifting from building products to thinking more deliberately about systems & governance. Learn more about what I've been getting upto here.

3
Accelerators
7+
Awards
3
International Engagements
10+
Projects Built

Current Focus

  • • AI safety research
  • • Building transparency tools for the public
  • • Computational Social Science undergrad at UCD
  • • Practicing intentional tech use & digital minimalism
  • • Writing and film experimentation

Research & Governance

AI Safety Research Fellow
AI Compute Governance research at Algoverse
2026
Hertie Institute Data4Good Delegate
Data ethics & governance festival in Berlin
2026
Una Europa Alliance Student Congress
UCD Delegate in Berlin
2024
Nanyang Technological University Singapore Exchange
International academic engagement & exposure to alternative institutional, technology, and development models in a high capacity Asian state.
2025

Building & Startups

Patch Youth Talent Accelerator
Built Tenantap, a platform to streamline the rental process
2022
NDRC Pre-Accelerator at Dogpatch Labs
Brigaid Networks development
2024
NovaUCD Student Accelerator
Brigaid Networks startup incubation
2024
Enactus Project Lead
Built impactful startups, reached UK & Ireland tech4good finals in London
2024
Independent Projects
Translation tools, dating app, battle bot, and much more
2021-Present

Recognition & Awards

ISE TECS Competition Overall Winner
2021
Undergraduate of the Year 2023 – Future CTO of the Year (TikTok), Finalist
2023
Irish Student Entrepreneurship Forum 24 - Third Prize
2024
HackTrinity 2024 - Most Commercially Viable Prize (DilligenceAI)
2024
UCD Social Sciences Award
2024
UCD Advantage Award (Leadership and Community)
2023
Castletroy College Leadership Award
2021

Leadership & Community

1 of 2 students @ UCD College of Social Sciences & Law Global Engagement Committee
2025-Present
UCD Computational Social Science Class Representative (Years 1-3)
2022-2023
UCD Foundation - Student Scholarship Fundraising
2023-2024
UCD Peer Mentor for Stage 1 Computational Social Science students
2023-2024
NASA SpaceApps Campus Ambassador at TUS
2023
UCD Student Managed Fund - Risk Analyst
2023-2024
College of Social Sciences and Law Ambassador
2023-2024
UCD Volunteer Overseas & Universitas21 Python Tutor to Myanmar Students
2023
Cara Programme Volunteer - Exchange Student Support
2023
Harry Potter Society - Freshers' Rep (Semester 1) & Treasurer (Semester 2)
2022-2023
Castletroy College - Prefect
2021-2022
Castletroy College - Student Council Chairperson
2021-2022
Castletroy College - Student Council Vice Chairperson
2020-2021