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Adam Marblestone

Adam Marblestone is a researcher whose work links brain recording, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. He earned a physics BS at Yale and a biophysics PhD at Harvard, then coauthored research on scalable neural recording and neuroscience-informed machine learning. His career spans brain-circuit mapping at MIT, neuroscience research at Google DeepMind, and neural-interface strategy at Kernel; MIT Technology Review named him an Innovator Under 35 in 2018. He co-founded Convergent Research in 2021, and as of October 2026 he is its CEO, working with collaborators on roadmaps for future Focused Research Organizations.

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Timeline

  1. 2008–2010

    Goldwater and Hertz honors

    He wins a Goldwater Scholarship in 2008 and receives a Hertz Foundation Fellowship in 2010.

  2. 2009–2014

    Yale and Harvard degrees

    He completes a BS in physics at Yale in 2009 and earns a biophysics PhD at Harvard in 2014 under George Church.

  3. 2013

    Physical principles for neural recording

    In 2013, he coauthors “Physical Principles for Scalable Neural Recording,” which examines physical constraints on measuring activity across a mammalian brain and outlines optical, electrical, magnetic resonance, and molecular recording methods.

  4. 2016

    Deep learning and neuroscience

    In 2016, he coauthors “Towards an integration of deep learning and neuroscience,” proposing that diverse brain cost functions and pre-structured architectures matched to behavior can make learning more data-efficient.

  5. 2018

    Kernel and an Innovator award

    In 2018, he serves as chief strategy officer at Kernel, coordinating researchers to identify neural-interface approaches that could help understand and treat neurological diseases. He receives MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 Award in 2018.

  6. By 2019

    Brain-circuit mapping at MIT

    Before his 2019 Google DeepMind role, he works in Ed Boyden's Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT on technologies for brain-circuit mapping.

  7. 2019

    Google DeepMind research

    In 2019, he is a research scientist at Google DeepMind studying links between neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

  8. As of October 2026

    CEO at Convergent Research

    In 2021, he co-founds the nonprofit Convergent Research to help launch Focused Research Organizations. By August 2025, Convergent has FRO proposals in climate, materials science, chemistry, and biology, and has launched an FRO for software in mathematics. As of October 2026, he is CEO and works with collaborators on roadmaps for future FROs.

Career

  1. Since 2021Convergent ResearchCo-founder and CEO, CEO
  2. From 2019Google DeepMindResearch scientist
  3. 2018KernelChief strategy officer

Education

  1. 2014Harvard UniversityPhD in biophysics
  2. 2009Yale UniversityBS in physics

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Videos

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  1. Adam Marblestone – AI is missing something fundamental about the brainDwarkesh Patel · 30 December 2025 · 1 h 50 min

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  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Includes Google. Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.
  2. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Google. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  3. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes Google. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.
  4. Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labIncludes Google. We estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Adam Marblestone | Protocol Labs Research research.protocol.ai. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Adam Marblestone | Molecular Systems Lab yin.hms.harvard.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Physical Principles for Scalable Neural Recording arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Towards an integration of deep learning and neuroscience arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Adam Marblestone | Innovators Under 35 innovatorsunder35.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Azimuth | Page 51 johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Former MIT researchers advance a new model for innovation — MIT Media Lab media.mit.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Adam Marblestone, CEO & Co-Founder | Convergent convergentresearch.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Insights | PL R&D plrd.org. Checked 21 October 2026.