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EF Alumni

Jameel Marafie

CEO, Headlight AI

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Construction, Physics

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Jameel has commercial experience working with science and technology companies involved in business development, financial management, and R&D consulting. He holds a PhD in Physics and a Masters in Plastic Electronics from Imperial College London, along with a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Bath, and so his technical expertise spans materials, photophysics and optoelectronics.

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We both came straight out of our PhDs to setup Headlight AI and solve major problems across sensing and data processing in extreme environments; EF was instrumental in helping us get off to a flying start.
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Jameel and Puneet, Headlight AI co-founders

Company:

Headlight AI

Headlight AI provides intelligent sensing and mapping software for harsh environments

EF in the Press

Headlight AI develops multisensor solution for underground networks

1 November, 2020

EF in the Press

Headlight AI designs cave-exploring drone for network rail

11 December, 2020

Yanwen Chen

2 PhDs in Real Time Optimisation, built high performance software

Yassir Al-Refaie

MSc in IC Design, youngest department head in former company's history

Ferdinando Randisi

CTO, FabricNano

Phd in Computational Biophysics, co-authored oxDNA

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Zeena Qureshi

Speech and language therapy expert

Rayna Patel

CEO, VineHealth

Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

CTO, VineHealth

Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Oxford, Facebook and AdTech

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Leopold Spenncer

MSc Industrial Engineering, expert in cement and concrete industries

Robert Meyer

PhD in Machine Learning

Jon Forester

Built data and analytics products in startups and finance sector

Dr Stefano Goria

PhD in Theoretical Physics and ex-quantative analyst

Valerio Volpati

PhD in Statistical Physics and experience in applied interdisciplinary research

Matthew Wilson

Co-founder (Commercial), Omnipresent

Former software engineer and product manager

Ferdinando Randisi

CTO, FabricNano

Phd in Computational Biophysics, co-authored oxDNA

Pedro Freire Silva

Pedro Freire Silva

Expert in low-cost Nuclear Magnetic Resonance solutions, ex-researcher at world-leading institutions

Dr. Ravi Kumar

CTO, Atomionics

Expert in experimental quantum physics, one of few people to build a cold atom setup from scratch

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Laurence Bargery

Developer, skilled in producing high-quality usable scalable software in a production environment