Artificial intelligence
10 Google DeepMind data scientists
These ten current and former Google DeepMind data scientists have held data science and analytics roles at the company. A reader can learn what data science work at Google DeepMind involves from people who have done it.
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01—10Alex Chinien
LinkedInExperience: Staff Data Scientist · Google DeepMind
Staff Data Scientist at Google DeepMind since 2024; a highlight says they lead a data science team for the Gemini App covering areas including multimodal, canvas and academic. Alex Chinien was Staff Data Scientist, Gemini at Google (2022–2024) and Data Scientist, Global Business Organization at Google (2016–2022).
Andreas Born
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist, Research · Google DeepMind
Data Scientist, Research at Google DeepMind since 2024 and Data Scientist, Research at Google (2022–2024). Andreas Born was Senior Data Scientist (2021–2022) and Data Scientist (2019–2021) at Spotify, and did research in behavioral economics at Stockholm School of Economics (2014–2019).
Dessie Petrova
LinkedInExperience: Applied Data Science Lead · Google DeepMind
Applied Data Science Lead at Google DeepMind since 2024 and Data Analytics Manager at Google DeepMind since 2022. Dessie Petrova also held Research and Analytics Specialist (2021–2022) and Research and Analytics Associate (2020–2021) roles at Google DeepMind, and was Data Scientist at Satalia (2016–2019).
Eddie Higgins
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Data Scientist · Google DeepMind
Senior Staff Data Scientist at Google DeepMind since 2024; a highlight says they serve as data science lead for Gemini Experimentation & Strategic Decision Support and were a founding member of the Bard Data Science team. Eddie Higgins was Product Analytics Lead, App Publisher Platforms at Google (2017–2024).
Eugene Quan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Data Scientist - Google Gemini · Google DeepMind
Senior Staff Data Scientist - Google Gemini at Google DeepMind since 2023, a role the profile places in research. Eugene Quan was Data Scientist at Roblox (2023), and at Twitter was Senior Staff Data Scientist (2021–2023), Staff Data Scientist (2019–2021) and Senior Data Scientist (2017–2019), according to their profile.
Lydia Monnington
LinkedInExperience: Data Science Lead · Google DeepMind
Data Science Lead at Google DeepMind since 2025. Lydia Monnington was Head of Analytics at Stuart (2024), Head of UK Analytics at Stuart (2023–2024), Analytics Manager at GHGSAT (2021–2023) and Data Science Manager at Meta (2020–2021), according to their profile.
Maria J.
LinkedInExperience: Former Data Scientist · Google DeepMind
Former Data Scientist at Google DeepMind (2024–2025), a role the profile places in research, and Data Scientist at Google (2022–2024). Maria J. was also Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft (2020–2022) and Senior Decision Scientist at Starbucks (2018–2020).
Monica R.
LinkedInExperience: Staff Data Scientist · Google DeepMind
Staff Data Scientist at Google DeepMind since 2025 and Senior Data Scientist at Google DeepMind (2024–2025). Monica R. was Senior Data Scientist (2022–2024) and Data Scientist (2020–2022) at Google, and Senior Product Analyst at Adobe (2019–2020), according to their profile.
Priyanka Suresh
LinkedInExperience: Research Data Scientist, Evaluations · Google DeepMind
Research Data Scientist, Evaluations at Google DeepMind since 2022; a highlight says they led safety evaluations for multi-modal AI launches, including Gemini. Priyanka Suresh was Analytical Lead at Google (2021–2022) and Data Scientist at SoftBank Group Corp. (2018–2019).
Yapeng Lu
LinkedInExperience: Staff Data Scientist · Google DeepMind
Staff Data Scientist at Google DeepMind since 2024, a role a highlight describes as core modeling and evaluation for Gemini Safety and Multi-modality. Yapeng Lu was Staff Data Scientist, Tech Lead Manager - Google Play at Google (2018–2024) and Data Scientist at Yahoo (2016–2018).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you design evaluations or metrics for an AI product when quality is hard to define?
- 02How does experimentation work for AI features compared with more traditional consumer products?
- 03What skills matter most for a data scientist moving into an AI research organization?
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