Umut Eser

Experience

1. Johnson & Johnson Innovative MedicineHead of Generative AIcurrent2026 — presentTitusville, New Jersey, United States
2. Magnetic VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
3. Carry Venture CapitalFounding Advisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentResearch Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
4. WeaveChief AI Officer & Co-founder, Board Member2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
5. WeaveCTO and Cofounder2022 — 2024
6. Doctor Evidence, LLCChief Innovation Officer2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
7. Harbinger HealthScientific Advisor2020 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
8. Kernal Biologics, Inc.Scientific Advisor for AI2018 — 2022Cambridge, MA
9. NeraiScientific Advisor for AI2019 — 2021
10. CellarityHead of Machine Learning2019 — 2021Cambridge, Massachussets
11. AI TherapeuticsDirector of AI2018 — 2019Guilford, CT
12. 4CatalyzerSr. Deep Learning Scientist2017 — 2019Guilford, Connecticut
13. Harvard UniversityPostdoctoral Research Fellow2013 — 2017Boston, MA
14. Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Associate2013Stanford
15. Stanford UniversityResearch Asistant2006 — 2013
16. Stanford UniversitySummer Research2005

Education

1. Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics2006 — 2013
2. Harvard Medical SchoolPostdoctoral Fellow, Genetics2013 — 2017
3. Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityBS, Advanced Physics2002 — 2006

Skills & more

Languages English · German · Turkish

From Umut's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,575

PTPeter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDSDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKRKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGTGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorALAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Harvard Medical School113

NBNiko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystAPAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)BRBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)DRDavid ReshefInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)KYKrishna YeshwantInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)MCMorgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital

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Also attended Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University20

CBCem BaytokManaging Partner at IdacapitalGKGülce KoçInvestment Manager at IdacapitalMBMurat BicerGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)ABAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationGYGizem YagizInvestment | 212 NexT at 212OAOguzhan AygorenExperts | Venture Partner at 212

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kernal Biologics, Inc.1

KQKou QinInvestor at Eisai Innovation, Inc.

Also worked at Nerai1

NSNurettin SendoganCo-Founder at Heaventures

Also worked at AI Therapeutics1

JDJoel DudleyVenture Partner at Innovation Endeavors

Also worked at Harvard University194

RHRachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesDMDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)LHLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechWKWalter KowtoniukInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJDJefte DrijversInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSASamuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux Capital

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