Stefania Druga

Hi! I am Stef. I am currently a Research Scientist in Google Gemini working on novel multimodal AI applications. Previously I was a Principal Researcher in the Center of Applied AI Research at the University of Chicago. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Creative AI Literacies 🎓 at the University of Washington Information School.

My research focuses on Large Language Models and the design of Multimodal AI tools and resources 🖌️ and during grad school I built the first open-source platform for K12 AI Education - Cognimates. When I am not coding & writing papers 👩🏽‍💻 I love trail running, yoga, and riding my 🚲.

I am a former an AI Resident at X Moonshot Factory, product engineer at Fixie.ai, a Weizenbaum Research Fellow. An awardee of the NSF Formal Verification in the Field Grant and the Jacobs Foundation Grant. I was previously a LEGO Papert Fellow during my time as a master student at MIT researching with Prof. Mitch Resnick and the Scratch team.

For more information, please reach out to me! Or have a look at my papers or resume.