Portrait of Joowan Park

Joowan Park

Stanford · Symbolic Systems (Human-Centered AI) · Education minor

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Projects

  • 2026InLectureStanford's first interactive lecture platform: a course-grounded LLM plus live activities, piloting in CS109.Research · Stanford

    2026 – Present · Stanford InLecture Lab (PIs: Dr. Chris Gregg, Dr. Chris Piech, Nick Troccoli) · CURIS Fellow

    Selected as a CURIS Fellow to build an AI-powered web app for college lectures at Stanford, combining a course-grounded LLM with interactive activities, now piloting in CS109.

    PythonFlaskPostgrespgvectorReactAzureRAG

  • 2026Language & Cognition LabMeasuring whether vision-language models see the world by shape the way people do.Research · Stanford

    2026 · Stanford Language & Cognition Lab (Michael Frank) · Data Analytics Research Assistant

    Built embedding pipelines and a Prolific experiment to measure whether vision-language models categorize objects by shape or texture compared to humans.

    PythonPCAEmbeddingsVision-Language Models

  • 2025StutoringA 6-figure, student-led SAT prep company with a nonprofit wing for low-income international students.Startup · EdTech

    2025 · Co-Founder & Product Lead

    Co-founded and led product for an SAT prep startup that reached 13K+ students and funded free tutoring for 10,000+ low-income students. Skool Games winner (youngest ever), mentored by Alex Hormozi and Sam Ovens of Skool; exited at $480K ARR.

    ProductGrowthOperationsA/B testing

  • 2025IvyLabFree college counseling and mentorship for students who can't afford a private counselor.Nonprofit · Education

    2025 – Present · Founder

    Built a free counseling platform and mentor community that has supported 250+ students with college prep and academic advising.

    GrowthGo-to-MarketAnalyticsContent StrategyCommunity

Smaller things

  • 2026PerceptA voice-driven browser extension that reshapes any webpage's interface on request.Hackathon · Berkeley

    2026 · Builder

    A voice-driven browser extension that turns spoken requests into live CSS rewrites of any webpage, first prize at AI-Native Berkeley 2026.

    ReactTypeScriptGPT-4oBrowser extension

  • 2026OperAn AI co-pilot for 911 operators that recommends the closest available unit.Hackathon · TreeHacks

    2026 · Builder

    An AI co-pilot for 911 operators that grounds suggestions in dispatch protocol and ranks units by road-graph proximity, built at TreeHacks 2026.

    PythonTypeScriptRAGGraph routing

  • 2025Bike PactMatching abandoned campus bikes with students who need one.Civic Tech · Stanford

    2025 – Present · Stanford Department of Public Safety · Product Engineer

    Built a web platform with Stanford Public Safety that matches abandoned campus bikes with students who need one, onboarding 200+ students.

    PythonSQLWeb

  • 2025@studywithjoopVideos about studying, philosophy, vlogs, and growing a personal brand, for 2,500 followers and 5M+ views.Hobby · Content

    2025 – Present · Creator

    A side hobby: I make videos about how I study, philosophy, day-in-the-life vlogs, and what I’m learning about growing a personal brand. 2,500 followers and 5M+ views so far.

    InstagramTikTokYouTubeStorytelling

Misc

  • enjoy logging restaurants on beli, weightlifting, and playing drums.
  • jared mccain fan.
  • fluent in korean.
  • on campus: vp of marketing for the veritas forum and co-lead of outreach at christian union.

Resume

i keep my resume off the public site. email me at jwnpark@stanford.edu with a line about what you're working on and i'll send it over.