Marinka Zitnik

Marinka Zitnik develops machine learning methods for biomedical discovery, particularly graph neural networks applied to drug-target interaction prediction and drug repurposing. Her Therapeutics Data Commons platform provides standardized benchmarks for AI drug discovery and has accelerated ML research in cancer pharmacology. She applies geometric deep learning to predict drug combination synergies and identify novel cancer targets. Her methodology work bridges computer science and biomedical sciences and has produced widely adopted tools for the drug discovery community.