Meet Our Team

Dr. Ross Gruetzemacher is the Executive Director of TFI as well as an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at Wichita State University, a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, a Senior Game Master for Intelligence Rising, and a Foresight Institute Fellow. He has done extensive work on the use of forecasting and foresight for anticipating AI progress and impacts.

Kyle A. Kilian is the Deputy Director of TFI. Previously he was an intelligence officer with the U.S. Department of Defense, where he leads analytical initiatives in digital innovation and machine learning. He is a Research Fellow at the Center for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University and was a 2022 Fellow with the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI). Kyle’s research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and international security, and he collaborates with the National Intelligence University (NIU) on over-the-horizon risks from AI and exploratory futures modeling.

Dr. Toby D. Pilditch is the Chief Research Scientist at TFI, a Research Affiliate at Oxford University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. His central research focus is in leveraging computational methods and empirical insights to increase the quality of forecasts in complex and compound high uncertainty problem domains. This work has been published in top academic journals (e.g., Science), and has facilitated targeted projections and analyses in areas including national security, food sustainability, plastic pollution, and misinformation.

Christy Manning is TFI’s Operations Coordinator and a member of the Board. She is also a PhD student in industrial engineering at Wichita State University, where she teaches machine learning and generative AI. Prior to beginning her second undergraduate degree in engineering, she spent six years working in the nonprofits sphere.

Coralie Consigny is a Research Assistant at TFI and the Forecasting Research Institute. She is a former journalist and holds a Master’s in International Law from University College London (UCL). She has collaborated on several research projects and authored a policy brief on human trafficking for the UN-affiliated institute HEUNI. She is committed to influencing policies for a brighter future.

Dr. David Paradice is the Harbert Eminent Scholar in Business Analytics in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business. His research has focused on various topics related to information systems support for managerial problem formulation.

Dr. Gary Ackerman is the Associate Professor and Associate Dean College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. He is also a Senior Investigator at the Center for Advanced Red Teaming.

Florian Dorner is a PhD student working on Trustworthy AI at Max-Planck/ETH Zurich. He holds Master’s degrees in Mathematics and Technology Policy and has experience as a Superforecaster with Good Judgment Inc.

Dr. David Manheim is a policy researcher and visiting lecturer at the Technion, as well as founder and director of research and policy for ALTER Israel, which does policy advocacy and research focusing on risks from technology and long term resilience.

Dr. Daniel Eth’s research has spanned several areas relevant to longtermism, and he’s currently focused primarily on AI governance. He was previously a Senior Research Scholar at the Future of Humanity Institute, and he holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA. He is currently self-employed.