Experiences

Professional roles undertaken by Jugal Gajjar

Professional Experience

Independent Researcher — The George Washington University

Duration: Jun. 2025 — May 2026

Role:

  • Conducting thesis research on autonomous AI systems for vulnerability detection, exploitation, and remediation in software.
  • Designing a secure code analysis pipeline using LLMs, reasoning models, and agent-based simulation architectures.
  • Exploring exploit generation and patching strategies using dynamic analysis techniques.

Teaching Assistant — Navrachana University

Duration: Jan. 2024 — May. 2024

Role:

  • Mentored 80+ undergraduate students through code review, grading, and structured feedback on 750+ lab reports.
  • Assisted in designing rubrics, evaluating technical writing, and improving student understanding of test-driven development.
  • Supported curriculum delivery in collaboration with faculty, focusing on code quality, documentation, and debugging.

Freelance Developer — Shubhlaxmi Mfg. Co.

Duration: Summer 2023

Role:

  • Designed a Python-based billing system with automated Excel integration using Tkinter and Pandas.
  • Increased billing and book-keeping efficiency by 50% through a custom GUI application tailored to business workflows.

NVIDIA Jetson AI Project Coordinator — Navrachana University

Duration: Mar. 2022 — Jun. 2022

Role:

  • Conducted workshops on CV and NLP using the Jetson Nano platform, introducing students to embedded AI and real-time inference.
  • Mentored 5+ student research projects selected by the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.
  • Promoted student research initiatives and hands-on learning in edge AI systems.