About

He is on the Helix team at Palantir Technologies, working on improving the analysis of massive amounts of structured and unstructured health and biological data for applications such as outbreak detection, outbreak response, clinical trials tracking, and biological data analysis.

Lekan has an MS in Computer Science/Biocomputation, and BS in Management Science & Engineering, both from Stanford University. He is a firm believer that education and technology can, when applied correctly, help mitigate many of the world’s outstanding problems. Lekan has been involved with Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth’s (EPGY) Summer Institutes, and has taught the Artificial Intelligence course.

When not in front of a laptop, Lekan enjoys playing piano and guitar, taking his photos of the day, playing soccer and ultimate frisbee, making cheesecake, teaching for fun, and exploring the wilderness.

Comments or questions are welcome.