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Career profile

Aleksandra Faust

Research Director, Google DeepMind | Board Member & Strategic Advisor | Foundation Models & AI Agents for problems that actually matter

United States

Career path.

  1. Google DeepMind

    Research Director

    Feb 2026 - Present
  2. Genesis Molecular AI

    Senior Advisor

    Jan 2026 - Present
  3. Alvis.care

    Board Member

    Jun 2025 - Present
  4. American Society for AI

    Distinguished Member

    Dec 2024 - Present
  5. University of New Mexico School of Engineering

    Computer Science Department Advisory Board Member

    Apr 2019 - Present
  6. Genesis Molecular AI

    Chief AI Officer

    Jun 2025 - Jan 2026
  7. Google DeepMind

    Research Director

    Oct 2023 - Jun 2025
  8. Google

    Senior Staff Research Scientist

    Nov 2021 - Oct 2023
  9. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

    AdComm Board Member

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2023
  10. Google

    Staff Research Scientist

    Apr 2019 - Oct 2021
  11. Google

    Senior Research Scientist

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
  12. Waymo

    Senior Research Engineer

    Jan 2017 - May 2017
  13. X, the moonshot factory

    Senior Research Engineer

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
  14. Sandia National Laboratories

    Senior Member of Technical Staff

    Apr 2006 - Jul 2015
  15. CDI

    Software Engineer

    May 2002 - Dec 2005
  16. Self-Employed Software Engineer

    Software Engineer

    Mar 2001 - Apr 2002
  17. Silvercube

    Internet Programmer

    Aug 2000 - Mar 2001
  18. PCSI Ltd

    Software Engineer

    Mar 2000 - Jul 2000
  19. AIM Computer Solutions, Inc.

    Programmer / Analyst

    Dec 1997 - Mar 2000