Wajeeha  Ahmad

Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. I am affiliated with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, the Stanford Center for AI Safety, and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. I am on the 2025-26 academic job market.

I received my Masters of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT in 2019, where I was a researcher at the MIT Computer Science and AI Lab and the Institute for Data, Systems and Society. I completed my undergraduate degree in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT in 2017, with minors in Economics and Applied International Studies. I've also spent time at Microsoft, Google X, Keystone Strategy, the International Criminal Court and the World Bank.

Please feel free to reach out at wajeehaa (at) stanford (dot) edu.