Umut earned his PhD in Engineering Physics/Applied Physics from Stanford University and was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Genetics and Computational Biology at Harvard University. He has worked in the biotechnology start up environment, as Sr. Deep Learning Scientist at Quantum-Si (4Catalyzer company), Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at AI Therapeutics, Head of Machine Learning Research at Cellarity (Flagship Pioneering company), and Chief Innovation Officer at Doctor Evidence. He is the co-founder and Chief AI Officer of Weave Bio, a Magnetic portfolio company.

Umut is driven by a desire to “solve the unsolvable” by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare decision-making and emerging biomedical and biotech innovation. Umut’s previous experience includes both leadership and hands-on roles developing pioneering artificial intelligence and machine-learning-based platforms, innovation tools and algorithms for biomedical intelligence, biomedical devices, drug repurposing, discovery, and development, protein engineering.