Athan is an undergraduate student at Princeton University on an accelerated track studying computer science and operations research. Athan joined Vytal back in high-school when it was still a group of friends building. He builds backend machine learning pipelines and advises on strategy.

At Princeton, Athan engages heavily in computer vision research and human-computer interaction. He is also the Director of Founder Support at Prospect Student Ventures, Princeton's premier venture capital club, which provides non-dilutive grants to local startups. He's previously worked at Leidos doing research for AI Governance and vision projects.