Ryan Kidd

Ryan Kidd is an experienced professional in the field of AI safety, currently serving as Co-Director of the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars program since April 2022, which connects scholars with the Berkeley AI safety research community. In March 2023, Ryan co-founded the London Initiative for Safe AI to support AI alignment organizations in London. As a Regrantor for Manifund since March 2023, Ryan oversees the distribution of charitable funds to various projects. Previously, Ryan worked as a Research Scholar with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative and as a Physics Tutor at The University of Queensland. Ryan holds a PhD in Physics from The University of Queensland, obtained in April 2022, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics from the same institution, earned in 2017.