10 OpenAI researchers who joined in 2026
Each of these ten OpenAI researchers who joined in 2026 started their current role at OpenAI this year, holding titles such as Researcher, Research Scientist and Member of Technical Staff (Research). A reader can learn how OpenAI researchers approach a role they started in 2026 from people who hold one now.
Professionals to explore
Alexei Baevski
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Alexei Baevski has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since August 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile headline reads Research @ OpenAI. Alexei Baevski's listing also shows Principal AI Researcher at Google DeepMind from 2025 to 2026 and Principal AI Researcher at Meta from 2024 to 2025.
Alishba Imran
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff (Research) · OpenAI
Alishba Imran has been a Member of Technical Staff (Research) at OpenAI since July 2026, a current role that started in 2026. Alishba Imran's listing also shows Member of Technical Staff at Biohub from 2025 to 2026 and Research Fellow at Arc Institute from 2024 to 2025, and the profile describes machine learning research on language models for biology.
Arjun Nair
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff (Researcher) · OpenAI
Arjun Nair has been a Member of Technical Staff (Researcher) at OpenAI since September 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile says the research there is on agentic post-training. Arjun Nair's listing also shows Member of Technical Staff (Researcher) at Microsoft from 2025 to 2026.
Bonnie Li
LinkedInExperience: Research Scientist · OpenAI
Bonnie Li has been a Research Scientist at OpenAI since January 2026, a current role that started in 2026 and is listed in the Research department. Bonnie Li's listing also shows Research Scientist at Google DeepMind from 2023 to 2026 and a Software Engineering role at NVIDIA in 2021.
Bowen Jin
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Bowen Jin has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since January 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile headline reads Research @ OpenAI. Bowen Jin's listing also shows Research Intern at Apple in 2025, Student Researcher at Google from 2024 to 2025 and Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon in 2023.
Ching-Yao Chuang
LinkedInExperience: Researcher · OpenAI
Ching-Yao Chuang has been a Researcher at OpenAI since March 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile headline reads Research at OpenAI. Ching-Yao Chuang's listing also shows Member of Technical Staff at SpaceXAI from 2025 to 2026 and Research Scientist at Meta from 2023 to 2025.
Tai Vu
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff, Research · OpenAI
Tai Vu has been a Member of Technical Staff, Research at OpenAI since February 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile says the work specializes in LLM post-training, reinforcement learning and agent research. Tai Vu's listing also shows Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Meta from 2022 to 2026.
Wenhao Yu
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Wenhao Yu has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since April 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile headline reads Researcher at OpenAI. Wenhao Yu's listing also shows Research Scientist, LLM at Tencent from 2023 to 2026 and Research Intern, Aristo at Ai2 from 2022 to 2023.
Xiaojian Wu
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Xiaojian Wu has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since May 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the role entry reads Posttrain and RL research. Xiaojian Wu's listing also shows Head of LLM Research & Founding Researcher at Anuttacon from 2024 to 2026 and Staff Research Scientist at Meta from 2020 to 2024.
Yuege Xie
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Yuege Xie has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since February 2026, a current role that started in 2026, and the profile headline reads Research @ OpenAI. Yuege Xie's listing also shows Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Snap Inc. from 2022 to 2026 and Applied Scientist Intern at Microsoft in 2021.
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- 01What did you spend your first months on as a researcher at OpenAI?
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