Maria Brbić
Maria Brbić is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Life Sciences at EPFL, where her research bridges AI and biology through the development of new AI methods to advance biological and biomedical research.
Prior to joining EPFL, she was a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science at Stanford University, working with Jure Leskovec, and a member of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub at Stanford. She received her PhD from the University of Zagreb in 2019 and conducted research at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo.
Dr. Brbić’s work has been recognized with numerous honors, including a Fulbright Scholarship, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Scholarship, the Branimir Jernej Award for outstanding publication in biology and biomedicine, and the Josip Lončar Silver Plaque for best doctoral dissertation. She was named an MIT Rising Star in EECS in 2021 and received the SIB Early Career Award in 2023.
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