Researcher · Academic · Founder · Executive
Daphne Koller
insitroFounder and CEO
🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israeli-AmericanBorn 1968
Koller helped establish probabilistic graphical models, which let computers reason about complex systems under uncertainty. She then co-founded Coursera, opening university courses to millions, and founded insitro to use machine learning and large biological datasets to discover better medicines.
Career & education
Current roleinsitro2018-presentFounder and CEO
insitro2018-presentPreviously
Coursera2012-2019Co-founder
Stanford University1995-2014Professor
Coursera2012-2019Stanford University1995-2014
Hebrew University of JerusalemWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
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citations123,657As of Nov 1, '26
citations+627Since last snapshot, Oct 1, '26
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