Ilica Mahajan

Ilica Mahajan is a skilled computational journalist currently employed at The Marshall Project since June 2021, with prior experience as a data fellow. Previous roles include an internship at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and a software engineering position at 3Scan from December 2015 to April 2019. Ilica has also worked with Planet Labs in the optics and instrumentation team and co-founded Kubra, an early-stage startup that developed a Bluetooth-enabled, ring-based wearable gesture controller, earning recognition in the MIT100K competitions. Early career experiences include internships at Draper Laboratory and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. Ilica holds a Master of Science in Journalism and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Columbia University, complemented by a Bachelor of Science in Physics with a minor in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.