Elliott Slaughter

EECS + Physics @ MIT │ Goldwater Scholar ‘25 │ Regeneron STS Scholar ‘25 │ ISEF ‘25 Grand Award Winner

United States

About

Experience

  • Research Fellow at Theorem
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Formal verification research to scale correctness with AI-generated software engineering

  • GPU Computing & Optimization Researcher | Shin Lab Group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    —Designing optimized parallel algorithms to solve large tridiagonal + sparse lower triangular matrix systems on GPUs —Creating open-source Julia solver repositories + applying optimized routines to model predictive control problems

  • Organizer at MIT AI Alignment
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    —Organizes speaker events with renowned figures in AI safety for MIT students —Prepares technical paper reading/replication workshops + AI Safety Fellowship materials + community events

  • Advisor / FY25 President at Nightingale Advocacy
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Founded in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Nightingale Advocacy originated in Texas and is a student-built political coalition that drives youth towards progressive health policy │ 1,522 members and 52 high school chapters —Expanded to 8 states —Sent 37K legislator emails on critical health policy topics like reproductive rights in our annual 2023 and 2024 Political Email Campaigns —Raised $11,249 in our 2024 Fall fundraiser, "Battling Barriers" to support Generation Patient's efforts for fair drug pricing, clinical trial representation, and support spaces for young adults with chronic illness —Raised $8,188 in our 2023 Fall fundraiser, "Wellness Within Reach" to support PolicyLink's health equity efforts

  • Business Development Associate (Deeptech) at Elektrum Technologies
    May 2025 - Oct 2025 · 6 mos

    —2 patents, NSF STTR Grant ($350k), MassChallenge startup accelerator —Developed technology for additively copper-copper bonding memory & compute into AI chips/accelerators —Set up company accounts, made business cards, created pitch decks, hired founding engineer, managed website —Spearheaded $70k Pre-Seed Round, networking with venture capitalists, accelerators, and founders —Conducted a series of customer discovery interviews with companies and VCs (e.g. Rivian, Kinestral, Meta, Khosla)