Summary
Sihao Huang is a Senior Policy Advisor for AI and Emerging Technology with nine years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of national security, advanced engineering, and policy. A DPhil candidate at Oxford and alumnus of MIT and Schwarzman Scholars, he has led technical startups (former CEO of Aphelion Orbitals), built superconducting quantum hardware, and researched geopolitical risks from state-backed cyber and industrial threats. He has held roles across government and academia—including the White House OSTP, NSF, Harvard, and MIT—translating technical depth into actionable policy on U.S.-China competition and AI governance. Comfortable switching between lab benches, boardrooms, and policy briefings, he brings a rare blend of hands-on systems engineering, entrepreneurial fundraising, and rigorous social-science analysis; in his spare time he experiments with baking and cultivating pet bacteria.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Politics, Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Politics at University of Oxford
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Electrical Engineering, 5.0/5.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Electrical Engineering, 5.0/5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters in Global Affairs, 4.0/4.0, Masters in Global Affairs, 4.0/4.0 at Schwarzman Scholars
Stuyvesant High School