Clara McCreery

Clara McCreery is a Senior Software Engineer and Engineering Manager at Semgrep, with previous experience as a Software Engineer. Clara's academic background includes a Master's degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, both from Stanford University. As a Graduate Research Assistant, Clara conducted machine learning research focusing on multi-task and transfer learning in genomics and NLP, achieving a state-of-the-art score of 83. Clara has interned at Curai, leading an NLP project that improved model performance by 6%, and worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where outstanding research led to an early promotion. Additional research roles include positions at Carbon and Georgetown University, alongside teaching roles related to computer systems and chemical principles.