Shantanu Singh

Biography
Shantanu Singh, PhD, is Director of Digital Biology and Principal Investigator at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He leads research developing computational and machine learning methods to extract biological insights from microscopy images of cells. His work focuses on Cell Painting, image-based profiling, and AI-driven approaches to understanding gene function, identifying drug targets, and accelerating therapeutic discovery. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from The Ohio State University and previously conducted research at GE Global Research, Mercedes-Benz R&D, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.