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Alexander Tong

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Principal Investigator at AITHYRA Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence
📍 Austria

Alexander Tong is a Principal Investigator at Aithyra in Vienna, where he leads a research group developing next-generation machine learning methods to engineer biological systems. A PhD graduate from Yale University, his work focuses on creating generative AI for single-cell biology and therapeutic protein design. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow with Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio.

Originally from Seattle, Alexander is an avid sailor and runner. His background includes both a Bachelors and Masters degree in computer science from Tufts University before he pursued his doctoral studies at Yale. He has shown an interest in entrepreneurship within the tech space.

He co-founded Dreamfold, a startup that utilizes generative AI for therapeutic protein design.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Principal Investigator
Job Level
Junior
Location
Austria
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AI in Life Sciences
His entire research focus at Aithyra is on developing generative AI to understand the geometry and dynamics of life, with applications in single-cell biology.
Therapeutic Protein Design
This is a key application of his research. He co-founded the startup Dreamfold, which builds generative models specifically for this purpose.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Principal Investigator
AITHYRA Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence
7-2025 - 7-2025
Assistant Professor
Duke University
1-2022 - 6-2025
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
10-2022 - 12-2022
Visiting Researcher
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
1-2022 - 6-2025
Postdoctoral Fellow
Université de Montréal
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Education
2017 - 12-2021
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Yale University
2016 - 2017
Master’s Degree
Tufts University
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