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Malachi F

- Research Program Mentor

Industry expert at Stanford University

Expertise

mobile app development, UI/UX design, music production, LLM research

Bio

I'm all about building consumer tech products that people love and enjoy using. I think there's something magical about those moments when things "just work" without you having to think about it, and creating these moments is an art just as much as it is a science. I studied Math and Computer Science at Stanford, which gave me the foundations for how to think analytically about software and how people interact with it. Outside of my work, I love all things creative; I've been producing music for over eight years and have recently picked up painting and drawing. You may often find me playing Sunday league soccer (been playing since I was 4) with my friends or hitting the gym for the occasional late night lift.

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Build an iOS app

In this project, you bring your app idea to life (no experience required)! If you don't have an idea already, we will come up with one together. App ideas could be anything: a digital recipe book for your grandma, a fancy to-do list to help you keep track of your school work, an app to save pictures of your favorite architecture or a fun messaging app for just you and your friends. This project will give you the confidence to approach any problem, no matter how little you know about it. You'll learn how modern mobile apps are built all the way from the design stage to getting it ready to publish on the App Store. You'll build your very own app and will gain skills in writing and reading code, the UI/UX design process, and how to approach problem solving when you don't know where to start.

Coding skills

Swift, SwiftUI, Python, Javascript, Typescript

Teaching experience

I tutored high school and lower level university math for just over 2 years. I worked with students from ages 14-19.

Credentials

Education

Stanford University
BS Bachelor of Science (2025)
Mathematics, Computer Science, Music

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