McClain Thiel

Researcher and Engineer

[About]

I'm a researcher and engineer interested in ML, RL and biology currently doing a PhD at UCL under the supervision of Chris Barnes and and also an Encode: AI for Science PhD fellow supported by Pillar VC and Aria.

I also consult. I work on ML, RL and Databricks projects for clients.

I grew up in San Diego, CA and now live in London.

[Previously]
  • Founder @ WEALTHAWK — Acquired by Praxis Solutions. AI powered prospect development for wealth managers.
  • Sr. Machine Learning Engineer @ Snorkel.ai — one sentence on impact.
  • Machine Learning Scientist @ Tempus AI — one sentence on impact.
  • B.A. in Data Science @ UC Berkeley - minor in BioEngineering
  • [Interests]

    I love basketball, padel and travel. I spend a lot of time in the start up space and am interested in AI for science.

    [Contact]

    me [at] mcclainthiel [dot] com


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