Soon to be Research Scientist at Meta Superintelligence Labs, where I will be advancing research in multimodal and generative AI. Currently, I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Vision at Mohamed Bin Zayed University of AI (MBZUAI). My research focuses on developing multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for: - Detailed video understanding in the wild - Multimodal reasoning - Long video understanding I provide mentorship on: - Landing research & engineering roles at Meta, Amazon, and other top tech companies. - FAANG interview preparation (research roles). - Research strategy, paper writing, and building a standout academic & industry profile. - Ph.D. applications and navigating academia-to-industry transitions.