Hanna Dettki

Critic
DISC Type : C

Research Associate at Simons Foundation

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Hanna Dettki is an applied machine learning researcher and cognitive scientist focused on bridging human and artificial intelligence. At the Simons Foundations Flatiron Institute, she develops open-source frameworks for modeling human perception. She holds dual masters degrees from New York University and the University of Tübingen and created a toolkit for benchmarking causal reasoning in LLMs.

Outside of her academic work, Hanna enjoys engaging in various sports and playing board games.

Hanna is a Fulbright Scholar, a prestigious award that funded her masters studies at New York University.

Personality Overview

Negotiator

Objective Thinker

Critic

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.  They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.

Topics They Care About

Human-AI Alignment
Her research investigates human-AI alignment through the lens of causal reasoning to create AI systems that are cooperative and trustworthy.
Causal Reasoning
Developed "causAlign", an open-source benchmark for comparing the causal reasoning abilities of large language models against human performance.
Computational Neuroscience
As a Research Analyst at the Center for Computational Neuroscience, she works on modeling human perception and neural data.

Media Appearances

Hanna has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2025
Research Associate at Simons Foundation
5-2025 - 8-2025
Summer Research Associate at Simons Foundation
8-2024 - 5-2025
Guest Researcher at Simons Foundation
10-2023
Graduate Student Researcher at New York University
10-2020 - 3-2021
Research Assistant at University of Tuebingen

Education

8-2023 - 5-2025
Masters from New York University
Master's degree from University of Tübingen

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Insights For Selling To Hanna

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later

DONT's

  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Hanna is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Hanna

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Hanna move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Hanna take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Hanna

Personality Compatibility


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