Hey there! I'm Shayan, a student and researcher at Columbia University, a climate policy leader with former US Vice President Al Gore's Climate Reality Project, and the Founder & Executive Director of Reach4Help, coordinating disaster response efforts for the most remote and vulnerable communities of the world. Since 2020, we've been supporting 10K+ NGOs and charitable organizations respond to local crises—from running food distribution campaigns across 38 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, to raising over €170K for medical supplies for Ukraine with the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers, to serving over 60K households affected by the recent floods in Bangladesh and Pakistan. For my work, I've been honored to be invited to speak at Google, the UN Headquarters, the International Youth Conference, and events hosted by the World Economic Forum. Previously, I worked as data analyst in Bangladesh with the Ministry of Health, analyzing COVID-19 data to inform governmental policy on lockdowns, resource allocation, and public health communications—and have co-authored several research publications on our work. Prior to that, I've been fortunate to develop my skills in research and data science at the NY Genome Center, Google and Nobel laureate Joachim Frank's lab. While I'm not juggling being a student, leading an NGO and doing AI research, I love playing guitar, browsing Reddit and sleeping. Feel free to reach out!
Quote of the day: "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."
— Charles Dickens
Whether you'd like to debate about LLMs or just share some memes, I'd love to chat! Feel free to reach out via email. For professional inquiries, please check my LinkedIn. Or if you're an adventurous coder, take a peek at my GitHub.