Yunxin "Joy" Jiao is Life Sciences Research Lead at OpenAI, leading work on AI for drug discovery, biological modeling, and basic research. She holds a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard and previously worked at OpenAI on model safety, personalization, search, and representation learning; she has spoken at the OpenAI Forum on AI agents for the brain genome.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Life Sciences Research Lead
- Company
- OpenAI
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
Life sciences at OpenAI
Synthetic Biology Summit and OpenAI Forum materials identify Jiao as Life Sciences Research Lead using AI agents for biological research. Her LinkedIn and speaking bios note a Harvard systems-biology PhD and prior OpenAI roles spanning safety and personalization before the life-sciences focus.12
Where they work
- OpenAI 93 people in the wiki
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026