Alishba Imran

Alishba Imran is an experienced professional currently engaged in multiple roles, including investing at Kleiner Perkins and as a research scientist at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network. In the academic sphere, Alishba is involved in deep learning research at Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research under noted advisors, focusing on pre-trained language models and antibody design. Previous experience includes computational chemistry and machine learning at Tesla, as well as research engineering at NVIDIA, where work contributed to robots and simulations. Alishba co-authored a technical textbook on machine learning for robotics with Springer Nature and has held significant positions at Cruise and Voltx, a startup aimed at electrochemical device development. Notable contributions also include leading machine learning development for Sophia the Robot at Hanson Robotics. Alishba holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.