New York University
Yale University
Tommi S. JaakkolaResearcher
MIT
Professor
via MIT
Researcher · Founder · Executive · Academic
Alex Rives
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Head of Science at Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeAssistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MITCore Institute Member at Broad Institute
Rives pioneered protein language models through ESM, showing that models trained on evolutionary sequences can generate proteins and help predict how cells and diseases behave.
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Background
Current roles
Head of Science 2025-presentChan Zuckerberg Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeAssistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMIT
MITCore Institute MemberBroad Institute
Previously
Until 2025Co-founder and Chief Scientist, 
EvolutionaryScale
EvolutionaryScaleResearch Scientist, FAIR; ESM project lead, 
Meta
MetaEducation
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Last editorial review: August 12, 2026Citation Trend
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