Adam Li

Adam Li is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon, with additional responsibilities as a Core Developer for cikit-learn since July 2024, contributing to an open-source project with 59k stars. Previously, Adam held the position of Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, specializing in causal inference and computational neuroscience, while also co-founding and directing AAMPLIFY, a nonprofit focused on mentoring low-income, first-generation high school students to become leaders. Adam's early career included a Machine Learning Engineer Internship at Uber, where research contributed to a causal machine learning model affecting over 100 million samples. Adam holds a PhD in Biomedical/Medical Engineering and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University.