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Mawulolo Ameko, Ph.D.

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Applied Scientist at Microsoft
📍 United States

Mawulolo Ameko is an Applied Scientist at Microsoft with a Ph. D. from the University of Virginia. He specializes in applying AI, reinforcement learning, and causal modeling to build large-scale solutions that drive business outcomes. His experience spans user modeling, recommender systems at Netflix, and logistics ML at DoorDash.

His academic research focused on creating AI-driven mobile health interventions. Specifically, he developed recommender algorithms to suggest emotion regulation strategies for individuals with social anxiety, using passively sensed data to deliver targeted, just-in-time mental health support.

Unique fact: He co-authored research on using contextual multi-armed bandits, a type of reinforcement learning, to create mobile recommender systems for mental health treatments.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Applied Scientist
Location
United States
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AI in Healthcare
His Ph. D. research and multiple publications focus on using AI and mobile health (mHealth) interventions to improve mental health outcomes, such as emotion regulation and affect recognition.
Reinforcement Learning
This is a core skill listed in his experience. He has published research on using multi-armed bandits, a form of reinforcement learning, for mobile health applications.
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Career

Work history

10-2021 - 6-2025
Applied Scientist
Microsoft
6-2021 - 8-2021
Research Scientist
Netflix
3-2021 - 5-2021
Machine Learning Engineer
DoorDash
8-2016 - 3-2021
Machine Learning Researcher
University of Virginia
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Education
2016 - 2021
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D.
University of Virginia
2015 - 2016
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mathematical Sciences
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Sénégal
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