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Kris Ganjam

Director, Generative AI

Bio:

Kris Ganjam is Director of Generative AI in the Office of the CTO at the Allen Institute, where he leads institute-wide initiatives that harness large-scale AI to accelerate discovery across neuroscience, immunology, cell science, and synthetic biology. Previously, he spent more than two decades at Microsoft Research, helping launch AI-powered search in Bing and Edge, design the AI substrate for Microsoft Office, build the HIPAA-compliant Microsoft Genomics service and pioneer advanced data management technologies for Azure. Kris studied computer science and mathematics at MIT and the University of Missouri, and bioengineering at the University of Washington. He is an inventor on multiple patents and the author of publications at the intersection of AI, data systems, and molecular biology.

Science Programs at Allen Institute