I am a student at UC San Diego, class of 2029, double majoring in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience. Right now I work as an AI/ML intern at ChakraTech, a biotech AI startup, where I build machine learning models for polymer informatics and sustainable materials discovery. I like thinking about the parallels between how the brain is wired and how we design AI models, and both majors feed that. Outside of internships I build projects fast, usually under a deadline, and I hold three leadership roles on campus. I care more about shipping something that works than talking about what I plan to build.
- ChakraTech: AI/ML intern building models for polymer informatics and sustainable materials discovery.
- Break Through Tech AI/ML Fellow at Cornell Tech, starting Fall 2026.
- Co-President of Triton Engineering Student Council, AI Events Director at ACM AI at UCSD.
- Straightline github repo — An ADA compliance platform. Won 1st place and Best Use of Browser Use at DiamondHacks 2026 out of 400+ participants.
- ECG Monitor github repo — A device and software pipeline for reading and monitoring ECG signals.
- Fruit Recognition CNN github repo — A convolutional neural network trained to classify fruit images.
- Portfolio: nicolefong.tech
- LinkedIn: coleng
- Email: nicolefongjw@gmail.com