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
P.S. If you're curious, you can also check out gunā studio — gunā, short for "use" in Bahasa. Pieces that make your desk feel yours.
Currently
Incoming Technical Product Management Intern at NVIDIA
I like building things, breaking into new spaces, and figuring stuff out as I go. Last week, that meant visiting an architecture studio just to understand a space I knew very little about.
I like leading sourcing and building product engineering experiences at Berkeley — working with companies like Microsoft, Uber Eats, Meta, and Coca-Cola.
I like having something new to show every week, whether that's my honors thesis, tools like Nudge and Memory Mirror, or volunteering at CEI.
← building yarn — a tool for journalists
recently built a proactive study lamp inspired by pixar's luxo junior →
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.