Career profile

Jelani Nelson

Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic (on leave from Berkeley EECS)

San Francisco, California, United States

Career path.

Anthropic
Member of Technical Staff
Jul 2026 - Present
University of California, Berkeley
Professor (on leave), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Jul 2019 - Present
University of California, Berkeley
Department Chair, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
University of California, Berkeley
Chair of Computer Science Division, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Jul 2024 - Jun 2025
Google
Research Scientist
Jun 2021 - Jun 2026
Harvard University
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
Harvard University
John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Jul 2013 - Jun 2017
Institute for Advanced Study
Member
Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Princeton University
Postdoc
Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Postdoc
Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
Microsoft Research New England
Research Intern
May 2010 - Aug 2010
IBM Almaden Research Center
Research Intern
May 2009 - Jul 2009
IBM Almaden Research Center
Research Intern
Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
Technion
Visiting Researcher
Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
MIT EECS Department
Teaching Assistant
Sep 2005 - Dec 2005
Google
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2005 - Aug 2005
Toshiba Research & Development Center
Research Intern
Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
MIT LCS Program Analysis Group
Undergraduate Researcher
Jun 2003 - Sep 2003