Avatar

Raul Astudillo

Caltech

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech, hosted by Professor Yisong Yue. I earned my Ph.D. in Operations Research and Information Engineering from Cornell University, where I worked with Professor Peter Frazier. During my Ph.D., I spent six months as a Visiting Researcher at Meta, collaborating with the Adaptive the Adaptive Experimentation team led by Eytan Bakshy. Before joining Cornell, I completed the undergraduate program in Mathematics offered jointly by the University of Guanajuato and the Center for Research in Mathematics.

My research interests lie at the intersection between operations research and machine learning. By integrating tools from both fields, I develop algorithms that enable intelligent decision-making in complex environments. My work has found application in areas such as cellular agriculture, materials design, and protein engineering.

I am on the 2024-2025 academic job market!

News

Congratulations to my mentee, Chu Xin Cheng, for being named a finalist in the 2024 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition!

Our preprint Active learning-assisted directed evolution is now available.

Honored to be recognized as a Rising Star in Management Science & Engineering by Stanford University.