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Researcher
Ye Jia
Google DeepMindResearch Scientist
Jia helped develop Google's Tacotron speech-synthesis systems and Translatotron, which translates speech directly while preserving the speaker's voice. He later led voice and speech-model work at OpenAI and returned to Google DeepMind as a research scientist in 2026.
Career & education
Current roleGoogle DeepMindMar 2026-presentResearch Scientist
Google DeepMindMar 2026-presentPreviously
OpenAIOct 2024-Mar 2026Member of Technical Staff
MetaFeb 2024-Oct 2024Research Scientist
Google Brain2018-2022Senior Staff Software Engineer
OpenAIOct 2024-Mar 2026MetaFeb 2024-Oct 2024Google Brain2018-2022Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations31,422As of Oct 26, '26
citations+4,631Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
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