Cognitive Science and Mechanical Engineering @ UC Berkeley
Builder & Researcher
I build and document systems that respond to how people think, learn, and feel.
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Letter From Me
Currently
Incoming Technical Product Management Intern at NVIDIA
I like building things, breaking into new spaces, and figuring stuff out as I go. Right now that looks like shipping AI products at Lucid Motors, leading my product club at Berkeley and working on my honors thesis at the Gopnik Lab on how kids and AI represent space.
I've had the chance to work with teams at Berkeley (Haas), Microsoft, Uber Eats, and Second Front Systems, and I've been building small tools like Nudge and Memory Mirror along the way. I'm also a regular volunteer at CEI, which helps me stay connected to work beyond just tech.
What's Currently On My Desk ⁕
Nudge - Agentic MacOS Overlay
UX · AGENTS · EXPERIMENT
Built a "youtube tutorial on crack" adaptive overlay that guides non-technical users through emerging AI tools in real time.
Sourcerer — CAD Processing & Sourcing System
CAD · COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY · SYSTEMS
Designed a pipeline that parses CAD models, extracts dimensional and manufacturability features.
Honors Thesis - Representational Alignment
RESEARCH · COGNITION · ML
Researching how AI model embeddings align with hierarchical spatial representations in developing human cognition at the Gopnik Lab.
Monet — AI Thought Partner
AI · VOICE · KNOWLEDGE GRAPH
Use Monet to mirror your neural networks for your notes. Speak freely, and your ideas become a knowledge graph and Markdown for your AI of choice, instantly.
Haas - Finance Process Automation System
SYSTEMS · OPERATIONS · AUTOMATION
Designed and implemented automation workflows for Haas finance employees, streamlining reimbursement processing, fund tracking, and reporting across 10+ accounts.
Other Projects ⁕
Lucid Motors - Multi-Agent Intelligence System
AGENTS · SYSTEMS · DEPLOYED
Led development of Lucid's first multi-agent web intelligence system, turning natural language queries into live portfolio dashboards for internal teams.
Toko - Adaptive Feedback Agent
AI · HUMAN-SYSTEMS · PRODUCT
Designed and built an AI assistant that transforms messy qualitative feedback into structured product insights.
Memory Mirror - Continuous EEG Monitoring for Alzheimers
NEUROTECH · ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS · HACKATHON WIN
An EEG-based interface that decodes attention and emotional signals in real time to dynamically adjust digital clinical tasks.
About ⌘
Hi, I'm Danica.
I always thought I'd become a behavior technician — and in a way, I did (fun fact: I'm a licensed behavior technician for autism). I've long been fascinated by how people think, learn, and make decisions, and that curiosity now shapes the systems I build.
Outside of work, I teach a class at Berkeley on Alzheimer's and neurotechnology (EDSTEM98!), journal obsessively, care a lot about self-growth, attempt to cycle more, collect ceramic mugs and glassware, wander through art spaces, and document my life on Substack and YouTube.
