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Hani Goodarzi

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Professor at University of California, San Francisco
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Hani Goodarzi is a Core Investigator at the Arc Institute and a Professor at UCSF, where his lab focuses on cancer metastasis. With a PhD from Princeton, he operates at the intersection of biology and AI, co-founding biotech companies like Network Bio and Therna Biosciences.

His interest in combining disciplines stems from an early passion for electronics, which he later merged with biology to pioneer new computational approaches. He is a strong proponent of making scientific data and models, such as the Tahoe-100M dataset, publicly available to advance research.

He is a recipient of the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for his innovative work.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Professor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI in Biology
He is developing biology-inspired machine learning models and co-founded two companies, Network Bio and Therna Biosciences, focused on AI-driven diagnostics and RNA biology.
Cancer Metastasis
His core academic research at UCSF and the Arc Institute is dedicated to understanding the post-transcriptional and RNA-based drivers of tumor progression.
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Career

Work history

7-2026
Professor
University of California, San Francisco
6-2026
Co-Founder and Board Member
Network Bio
4-2026
Venture Partner
Amplify Partners
3-2025
Co-Founder
Therna Biosciences
1-2024
Core Investigator
Arc Institute
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Hani Goodarzi of Arc Institute, UCSF, Exai Bio. Featured in Spotify
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Education
2006 - 2010
PhD
Princeton University
2002 - 2006
B.Sc.
University of Tehran
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