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- Samy Mammeri — Research Intern at Mila (via Mila & MARS V)
- Rose Nayoung Kwon — PhD Student at Université Laval/Mila (via Mila)
- Aly Kassem — PhD Student at University of Windsor/Mila (via Mila)
- Brendon Chikavanga — AI Safety Researcher (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Marcin Podhajski — PhD Student at IDEAS NCBR / Polish Academy of Sciences (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Oszkár Urbán — AI Safety Researcher (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Viet Minh Hieu Nguyen — Founder of Hanoi AI Safety Network (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Xiaoxue Yang — PhD Student at Imperial College London (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Trinidad Borrell — Engineer at ICM, MSc Physics (via MARS V, Meridian Cambridge)
- Sohan Venkatesh — Undergraduate Student at Manipal Institute of Technology (independent)
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- Élodie Côté-Gauthier — Master's Student at McGill/Mila (via Mila)
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Mentee Testimonials
Excerpts from testimonials written by mentees, lightly edited to preserve their anonymity.
"Thomas has been one of the most thoughtful and impactful research mentors I have worked with. What distinguishes his mentorship is his strong technical intuition — he can often recognize which directions are genuinely promising before we invest weeks in experiments, while still encouraging me to test ideas and reach my own conclusions. Working with him has made me substantially more independent as a researcher."
— Mentee
"He would walk me through the evidence and ask what I thought. Then we would debate it. When I was wrong, he made sure I understood why instead of overruling me. When I got stuck, he helped me find the thread again without taking over. The project remained mine to think through, not merely mine to execute. The simplest way I can put it is that he actually cares about my success — time and again, he has helped me in ways I would not have known to ask for."
— Mentee
"I could not have wished for a better mentor. Rather than simply giving me the answers, which would probably have been easier for him, Thomas always encouraged me to think through the problem first, organize my ideas, and explain my reasoning. Research is a field in which we often encounter more failures than successes, and he taught me how to navigate these situations constructively — helping me develop the mindset and resilience required to become a strong researcher."
— Mentee