PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jian Ma

Also known as 马坚

Jian Ma is a computational biologist at Carnegie Mellon University, where his lab builds AI and machine learning methods to study the human genome and cellular organization. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science at Penn State University in 2006 and joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty in 2009. His group moved to Carnegie Mellon in January 2016. A 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2022 AAAS fellowship recognized his work on genome structure and function, and ACM named him a 2025 Fellow. As of October 2026, he is the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology and directs the Center for AI-Driven Biomedical Research (AI4BIO).

Works
313

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Timeline

  1. 2006

    A Penn State doctorate

    He earns a Ph.D. in computer science at Penn State University in 2006.

  2. 2009

    A lab at Illinois

    He joins the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty in 2009. His group is established there in August 2009.

  3. 2016

    Moving the group to Carnegie Mellon

    His group moves to Carnegie Mellon in January 2016. The lab there develops AI and machine learning methods to study the human genome and cellular organization.

  4. 2020

    A Guggenheim Fellowship

    He receives a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship for algorithms that compare genome structure and function across biological contexts.

  5. 2022

    An AAAS fellowship

    He becomes a 2022 AAAS Fellow for significant contributions to the development of computational biology methods for studying genome structure and function.

  6. 2025

    ACM Fellow and Newell Award

    He is named a 2025 ACM Fellow. He also receives the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence in 2025.

  7. As of October 2026

    Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor

    He is the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University. He also directs the Center for AI-Driven Biomedical Research (AI4BIO).

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  1. Jian Ma Wins Guggenheim Fellowship - News - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Jian Ma :: Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science cs.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Jian Ma - Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department - Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Jian Ma Wins Guggenheim Fellowship cs.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Four CMU Faculty Members Named 2022 AAAS Fellows - News - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Jian Ma Elected 2022 AAAS Fellow - Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department - Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Ma Named 2025 ACM Fellow cs.cmu.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Jian Ma (computational biologist) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  9. Jian Ma simons.berkeley.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.