Jay Cushing

AI Engineer · AI Research Scientist · Prompt Engineer · 0-1 yrs experience

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Rutgers University

Mathematical Physicist

Oct 2016 to Nov 2022

Pivoted from Monstrous Moonshine emphasis, taking on textbook series and hundreds of online publications to master subject matter and develop theory of Twisted Supergravity.
Built a gravity-coupled Donaldson-Witten theory in order to find Donaldson invariants for families of metrics.
Expanded focus to include expertise with Equivariant Cohomology and Supergravity, extracting insights and successfully defending theory when needed.

Teaching Assistant

Oct 2016 to Aug 2020

Taught three sections of 25 first year undergraduates in classroom and lab settings.
Promoted after first year to Lead TA position with two sections. Updated curriculum and course materials to encapsulate modern topics, leveraging numerous sources to identify works that best aligned with course’s intended subject matter. Delivered full lectures to 120 students in professor’s absence.
Adapted traditional education system to remote learning for three months during the pandemic, finding innovated ways to keep students engaged.

University of Chicago

SCAV Team Captain

Jul 2013 to Jul 2015

Led diverse team of 100+ to victory in the world’s largest scavenger hunt with more than 1,000 participants building, finding, and performing over 400 items such as electro-plating a cockroach or constructing a life-sized pop-up book.
Through creative cultivation and practice, orchestrated fundraisers, communication, and technical solutions to unify group. Devised infrastructure for teams which are still employed to this day.

Fullstack Academy

Primary

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Feb 2025

Rutgers University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Nov 2022

University of Chicago

Master of Science - MS, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Jul 2016

University of Chicago

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics

Jul 2015

University of Chicago

Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics

Jul 2015

Target roles

AI Engineer, AI Research Scientist, Prompt Engineer

Work style

Open to all options

Job types

Full-time

Salary target

Not set

Locations

Brooklyn, NY, USA, New York, NY, USA

Industries

Research, Design, Computer Software