Mina Mohammadi (she/her/hers)
Ph.D. in Information Studies
Mina Mohammadi is a PhD Student in Information Studies at UCLA and a Research Team Lead at OpenMined. She holds an MSc from the Oxford Internet Institute, and a BA from New York University.
Before the PhD, Mohammadi worked as an Associate at OpenAI on the Safety Systems and Trustworthy AI team and as a AI Policy Program Manager at Mozilla. Her main research interests exist at the intersection of privacy-enhancing tech (PETs), tech workers rights and computational social science methods. She is a member of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR), the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) and the Association for Middle Eastern and North African Journalists (AMEJA).
Degree Program
Expected Graduation Year
Interests
- Algorithms
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science
- Digital Rights
- Information Policy
- Privacy and Surveillance
Research Center Affiliations
Education
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BA New York University, 2022
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MSc Oxford Internet Institute, 2024
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
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Trust and Safety Research Conference Poster, Stanford University 2024
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Fellow, Ethical Tech Project 2025
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Research Fellow, Arab Reform Initiative 2025
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Undergraduate Research Conference Best Presentation Technology and Society, New York University 2022
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J.S Sinclair Research Scholar Award, New York University 2022