The people running it

Officers

  • Evan Coats

    Co-Founder, Research Director

    • Facilitates Singularity Reading Club
    • Facilitates Research Fellowship
    • Facilitates Workshops

    LinkedInefcoats2@illinois.edu

  • Daniel Elliott

    Co-Founder, President

    Hi! I'm Daniel, the president of AI Alignment this semester! I'm a junior in CompE, and run SIGPolicy when escaping engineering! I'm always happy to talk about AI safety, especially multi-agent systems, what good policies look like, and how you can get further involved. (Please especially reach out if you are interested in working on policy briefings or generalist projects!)

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

    LinkedIndje4@illinois.edu

  • Utkarsh Singh

    Vice President

    • Facilitates Fundamentals

    LinkedInutkarsh6@illinois.edu

  • Himnish Hunma

    Secretary

    I am a current MCS student @ UIUC focusing on interpretability and control. My current research focuses on measuring the propensity for multi-agent emergent behavior, and mechanism design for AI control. Outside of AIS, I enjoy volleyball and hip-hop dance. I am happy to talk about the above, how to get more involved in the field of AI safety and thinking about research.

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

    LinkedInhhunma2@illinois.edu

  • Elizabeth Vollentine

    Membership Director

    • Facilitates Policy Reading Group
    • Runs socials

    LinkedInesv3@illinois.edu

  • Sahib Bedi

    Treasurer

    • Supports Fundamentals
    • Facilitates Policy Reading Group

    LinkedInsahibb2@illinois.edu

  • Mithil Salunkhe

    Operations Lead

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

    LinkedInmithils3@illinois.edu

Initiative and track leads

  • Min Kim

    Newsletter Editor

    LinkedIn

  • Emmett Quan

    Outreach Lead

    Hi, I'm Emmett! I'm currently a junior in CS + philosophy, and run SIGMusic in addition to being AIA's outreach lead. I'm interested in interpretability, policy, and governance, as well as getting more people educated about and involved in AI safety.

  • Sophia Powell

    Event Lead

    Hi! I'm Sophia, the event lead for AI Alignment. I am a political science and history major and I am really interested in the intersection of AI and policy, and the future of AI governance as AI continues to develop.

    smp10@illinois.edu

  • Maxwell Dodson

    • Facilitates Fundamentals

    LinkedIn

  • Advait Yadav

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

    LinkedIn

Fall 2026

Vals AI talk: how frontier models get benchmarked, with Nikil Ravi (Math & CS '23) on Wed 9 Sep.

Policy Reading Group application

Fundamentals and the Research Fellowship are closed for the fall. Both open again in spring 2027.