Shengjia Zhao
Shengjia Zhao is chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. He earned a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in 2016 and a Stanford computer science PhD in 2022. A paper he co-authored won an Outstanding Paper award at ICLR 2022. He was part of the team behind the original version of ChatGPT at OpenAI before Meta hired him in June 2025. Mark Zuckerberg says he co-founded the new lab and has been its lead scientist from day one.
Timeline
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2016
A Tsinghua bachelor's degree
He graduates from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree in 2016.
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2022
A Stanford computer science PhD
He completes a PhD in computer science at Stanford University in 2022.
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2022
An ICLR outstanding paper
His co-authored paper Comparing Distributions by Measuring Differences that Affect Decision Making wins an Outstanding Paper award at ICLR 2022.
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June 2025
Moving from OpenAI to Meta
At OpenAI he is part of the team behind the original version of ChatGPT, and he joins Meta in June 2025.
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July 2025
Lead scientist from day one
In July 2025, Mark Zuckerberg says he helps found the new lab and is its lead scientist from day one.
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Since 2025
Chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs
He is chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs, a role Meta announces in July 2025.
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