Christian Smith

Christian Smith serves as the Co-Executive Director of MATS Research, Inc., managing the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars Program since June 2022. In addition, Christian co-founded and serves as a Board Member for the London Initiative for Safe AI, a prominent center for AI safety research established in March 2023. Previous experience includes roles in various organizations focused on effective altruism, education, and research, such as the Centre for Effective Altruism, where Christian coordinated events and facilitated movement-building projects. Early research positions at CERN and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory involved advanced scientific projects. Christian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in the Pedagogy of Physics from Stanford University in 2020.