Aleksandar Makelov

Researcher, Research, OpenAI

Researcher, Guide Labs

  • Joined October 2017

Names

Aleksandar Makelov (Preferred)
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Aleksandar Aleksandrov Makelov

Emails

****@mit.edu (Confirmed)
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****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
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****@guidelabs.ai (Confirmed)
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****@openai.com (Confirmed)

Career & Education History

Researcher
Research, OpenAI (openai.com)
2025Present
 
Researcher
Guide Labs (guidelabs.ai)
20242025
 
Researcher
Independent (amakelov.github.io)
20232024
 
PhD student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
20162022
 
MS student
University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)
20152016
 
Undergrad student
Harvard University (harvard.edu)
20112015
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coworker
2025Present
 
Coworker
2025Present
 
Coworker
2025Present
 
Coworker
20242025
 
Coworker
20242025
 
Coauthor
20232024
 
PhD Advisor
20162022
 

Expertise

Mechanistic interpretability
2023Present
 
Adversarial attacks and defenses
2017Present