Rahul Makhijani

Rahul Makhijani is a Senior Operations Research Scientist at Instacart since July 2021 and a Lecturer at the University of California, Davis, focusing on Advanced Statistics for Business Analytics since January 2023. Previous experience includes roles as a Research Scientist at Facebook, where work involved developing a Discrete Time Event Simulator and implementing a Thompson Sampling Algorithm for cost reduction, as well as an Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon, contributing to promotional optimization models. Academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Operations Research and a Master’s in Statistics from Stanford University, complemented by early experience as a Quantitative Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank and internships at Adobe and Stripe, focusing on data analysis and machine learning. Makhijani holds a B.Tech. with Honors in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.