Elizabeth Oda

Elizabeth Oda is a skilled Technical Project Manager and Researcher at Braid, specializing in developing surrogate models for physics simulations and optimizing engineering design workflows using advanced AI techniques. Prior experience includes serving as an AI Engineer at Arithmer, where collaboration within a bilingual team led to software development for disaster prevention and agriculture, and contribution to a fluid simulation model for flood prediction. As Director of Research at Tokyo Academics, Elizabeth managed business development and a teaching team for a high school research program. Academic background encompasses a Bachelor's degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University and a Master's degree in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, complemented by professional roles at Syngenta and FAO that involved agricultural production and sustainable practices.