PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Gary B. Fogel

Gary B. Fogel is a computational intelligence researcher whose work applies AI methods to biology and medicine. He earned biology degrees at UC Santa Cruz and UCLA, joined Natural Selection in 1998, and coauthored a 2006 paper on gene function and codon usage using cluster analysis and SVMs. He chaired an IEEE evolutionary-computation congress, served in IEEE Computational Intelligence Society roles, received Sigma Xi and IEEE honors, edited BioSystems, and helped found an IEEE bioinformatics committee and conference. As of October 2026, he is CEO of Natural Selection and applies computational intelligence to real-world problems.

Timeline

  1. 1991–1998

    Biology degrees at UCSC and UCLA

    He earns a B.A. in biology with a minor in geology at UC Santa Cruz in 1991 and a biology Ph.D. at UCLA in 1998.

  2. 1998–2014

    Natural Selection and codon usage

    After his UCLA biology Ph.D., he joins Natural Selection, Inc. in 1998. In 2006, he coauthors “Determination of the Relative Importance of Gene Function or Taxonomic Grouping to Codon Usage Bias Using Cluster Analysis and SVMs,” a study of codon usage. In 2014, his research applies computational intelligence to biomedical problems.

  3. 2010–2013

    IEEE conference leadership

    In 2010, he chairs the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. He serves as IEEE CIS Vice President for Conferences from 2010 to 2013 and as Finance Chair for the 2010 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

  4. 2012–2016

    Sigma Xi and IEEE CIS awards

    In 2012, he receives the Sigma Xi San Diego Section Distinguished Scientist Award. In 2016, he receives the IEEE CIS Meritorious Service Award.

  5. By 2023

    BioSystems editor-in-chief

    By 2023, his editorship as Editor-in-Chief of BioSystems spans 10 years.

  6. 2019–2023

    An IEEE bioinformatics committee

    He serves again as IEEE CIS Vice President of Conferences in 2019. By 2023, he is the founder of the IEEE CIS Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Technical Committee and its associated IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

  7. 2024–2025

    CIBCB and IEEE conference roles

    In 2024, he coauthors a BioSystems report on the 2022 IEEE CIBCB conference with Joseph Alexander Brown and Sheridan K. Houghten. In 2025, he serves as honorary co-chair of IEEE CAI and as finance chair of IEEE SSCI.

  8. As of October 2026

    CEO of Natural Selection

    As of October 2026, he is CEO of Natural Selection, Inc. His work applies computational intelligence to real-world problems.

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  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 46% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Sources and credits

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  1. Corporate Management | natural-selection natural-selection.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. ISIC 2014 Keynote Speaker--Gary B. Fogel ele.uri.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Gary B. Fogel csauthors.net. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. CIBCB 2010 ewh.ieee.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Gary Fogel – IEEE CAI 2023 cai.ieee.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Organizing Committee – IEEE CAI 2025 cai.ieee.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. 2025 IEEE SSCI - Trondheim, Norway ieee-ssci.org. Checked 19 October 2026.