Dan Hendrycks

Dan Hendrycks is a prominent leader in AI safety, currently serving as the Executive Director of the Center for AI Safety since January 2023. Hendrycks has a diverse background in research, having previously completed a Research Internship at DeepMind, focusing on robustness and uncertainty, and engaging in ML safety research at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago under Kevin Gimpel. Additional research roles include an internship at Oregon State University with Thomas Dietterich and a summer fellowship at GiveWell. Educationally, Hendrycks holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a degree from the University of Chicago, complemented by foundational studies at Marshfield High School in Missouri.