James Zou is an assistant professor of biomedical data science and, by courtesy, of CS and EE at Stanford University. Professor Zou develops novel machine and deep learning algorithms that have strong statistical guarantees; several of his methods are currently being used by biotech companies. He also works on questions important for the broader impacts of AI—e.g. interpretations, robustness, transparency—and on biotech and health applications. He has received several best paper awards, a Google Faculty Award, a Tencent AI award and is a Chan-Zuckerberg Investigator.