Research Team

Tech Futures Lab

Tech Futures Fellows

Jane Cook

Tech Futures Fellow

Jane Cook is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Stanford Genetics Department. In Ami Bhatt's lab, she studies bacterial DNA to understand how helpful and harmful bacteria adapt to life inside the human body. Prior to graduate school, Cook majored in biochemistry as a Foundation Scholar of Trinity College Dublin and studied journalism as a visiting student at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism. 

Kelly Fu

Tech Futures Fellow

Kelly Fu is a PhD candidate in Chinese history, studying the history of materials science and synthetic materials in Republican and PRC China. At TFL, she brings her knowledge of Chinese language, culture, and archives to anticipate where Chinese materials innovation goes next, from bio-manufactured plastics to circular economy capacity. Fu remains committed to telling more inclusive public histories of science and technology. 

Kazumi Hoshino-Macdonald

Tech Futures Fellow

Kazumi Hoshino-Macdonald is pursuing a JD and a PhD in political science as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Hoshino-Macdonald graduated from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and spent time in the private sector working in geopolitical risk advisory. Hoshino-Macdonald has also worked with the Schmidt Futures International Strategy group, Law & AI, the Collective Intelligence Project, and the Taiwanese Ministry of Digital Affairs.

Venny Kojouharov

Tech Futures Fellow

Venny Kojouharov is a third-year PhD student in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, where his research focuses on developing robots that can operate in extreme outdoor environments. His work includes mechanical design, sensing, and autonomy for robotic systems used in lunar exploration, deep-sea science, and environmental monitoring. Kojouharov is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and Knight-Hennessy Scholar. 

Anargyros Kriezis

Tech Futures Fellow

Anargyros “Argyris” Kriezis is a PhD candidate in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University, where he researches GNSS radio frequency interference monitoring methods at the Stanford GPS Lab. With a background in satellite systems spectrum management, frequency licensing, and coordination, Kriezis has contributed to US spectrum policy and worked across the industry in both engineering and regulatory capacities.

Jonathan Perera

Tech Futures Fellow

Jonathan Perera is pursuing an MD and PhD in genetics at Stanford School of Medicine. After graduating from Duke University with a degree in biomedical engineering, he spent two years as a computational biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is interested in developing computational tools to better understand genetic and epigenetic networks. Perera is a Sarafan ChEM-H Chemistry/Biology Interface Scholar and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Darrell Omo-Lamai

Tech Futures Fellow

Darrell Omo-Lamai is a third-year PhD student in materials science and engineering, developing nanoscale optical probes and techniques to read biomolecular sequences with high sensitivity. His broader interests include how the organization of scientific research and training influences technological advantage and how advances in one field can unlock new capabilities in others. Omo-Lamai was a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Owen Queen

Tech Futures Fellow

Owen Queen is a computer science PhD student and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University. His research centers on how AI can advance and accelerate scientific research, with a particular focus in biomedicine. His work has been published in leading machine learning conferences and interdisciplinary journals. Queen spent time as a research associate at Harvard Medical School and earned degrees in computer science and mathematics from the University of Tennessee.

Pamela Stark

Tech Futures Fellow

Pamela Stark is a PhD candidate in physics at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. Her research focuses on developing quantum sensing techniques to improve searches for axion dark matter. Prior to graduate school, she worked on the CUORE experiment at MIT searching for neutrinoless double beta decay. Outside of her research, Stark is passionate about improving public trust in scientific institutions through outreach. 

Yuji Takubo

Tech Futures Fellow

Yuji Takubo is a PhD candidate in the Space Rendezvous Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on optimization and astrodynamics, with a particular emphasis on distributed space systems. Takubo is a Stanford Emerging Technology Review Student Fellow (2025) and an Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation Fellow (2020–).

Valeria Vergani

Tech Futures Fellow

Valeria Vergani is a PhD student in American religious history. She is interested in the interaction of religion, media, and technology in faith-based networks in the American West in the early internet era. Her research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Vergani  received her MA in religious studies from the University of Toronto and her bachelor of arts and sciences degree from Quest University Canada.

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