Kempner Institute Fellows Move to Academic Roles at UMich, CSHL, and Vanderbilt
ShamKakade6 · x · 2026-09-02
The Kempner Institute bids farewell to three research fellows—Wilka Carvalho, T. Anderson (Andy) Keller, and Gabriel Poesia—who are moving on to academic roles.
Next Steps:
- T. Anderson Keller: Joining Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Gabriel Poesia: Starting a faculty position at the University of Michigan.
- Wilka Carvalho: Joining Vanderbilt University in a faculty role.
Research Focus:
Wilka Carvalho builds AI models that double as models of human learning, using deep reinforcement learning to explain human cognition in complex environments and improve AI performance.
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