About me

I am a research scientist and professor, working on machine learning (a.k.a. artificial intelligence) and computational biology. My long-term goal is to understand how machines can learn from data, and to use them to power scientific breakthroughs in biology and medicine.

Currently

My main occupation is to serve as the chief R&D officer at Owkin, a French-American AI biotech company that uses artificial intelligence to find the right treatment for every patient. Our focus is to use AI to discover and develop better treatments for unmet medical needs, starting with the fight against cancer. And by the way, we’re hiring!

In my free time, I also benevolently serve as

Previously

Before joining Owkin in 2022, I was a research scientist at Google Brain (2018-2022), where I led a research team working on core machine learning and computational biology, and helped start the Paris lab. Before Google, I have been a research professor at ENS Paris’ mathematics Department (2016-2018); a Fullbright and Miller visiting professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of Statistics (2015-2016); a research team leader at the Curie Institute’s research center (2008-2018); a research professor and founding director of Mines ParisTech’s Centre for Computational Biology (2002-2018); and a research associate at Kyoto University’s Bioinformatics Center (2001-2002). I graduated in applied mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique (1995) and received my PhD in mathematics from Paris University (2001).

Acknowledgements

Science is a collective human endeavor, and I am grateful to be part of a vivid and open scientific community. Thank you in particular to my students and my collaborators, who deserve much of the credit of what you will find on this site.

Contact

Owkin, 14/16 boulevard Poissonnière, 75009 Paris

jean-philippe.vert@m4x.org