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Mengdi Wang

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Amazon Scholar | Agentic AI at Amazon
📍 Princeton Junction, New Jersey, United States

Mengdi Wang is a Professor at Princeton University, where she co-directs the Princeton AI for Accelerated Invention (AI^2) initiative. An Amazon Scholar, her work spans generative AI, reinforcement learning, and LLMs, with a focus on accelerating scientific discovery. She holds a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She is a highly accomplished academic, recognized with an NSF CAREER Award, a Google Faculty Award, and was named one of MIT Technology Reviews 35 Innovators Under 35.

Her lab contributed to CRISPR-GPT, the worlds first biotech-lab-validated AI scientist, which can design protocols, assist with experiments, and analyze data for gene therapies.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Amazon Scholar | Agentic AI
Location
Princeton Junction, New Jersey, United States
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AI for Science
She co-directs Princeton's AI for Accelerated Invention (AI^2) and develops AI agents like CRISPR-GPT and Physics Supernova to automate and advance scientific research.
Generative AI Models
Her research and keynote speeches focus on the evolution and application of generative models, particularly diffusion models, for complex tasks in biotech and optimization.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Amazon Scholar | Agentic AI
Amazon
Princeton University
Full-time
9-2019 - 8-2020
Research Scientist
DeepMind
6-2011 - 8-2012
Quantitative Researcher
Citadel LLC
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Mengdi Wang - Amazon Science. Featured in Amazon Science
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Agentic generative AI for media content discovery at the National Football League. Featured in Amazon Science
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Education
2007 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 - 2007
BS
Tsinghua University
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