Current Positions Research Director, Google DeepMind Google DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, University College London, UK Visiting Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Professional History Since 02/2025: Research Director, Google DeepMind Since 10/2019: Google DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, University College London, UK 01/2024 - 01/2025: Director of Science & Innovation—Grand Challenges (Environment & Sustainability), The Alan Turing Institute, UK 10/2018 – 12/2019: Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK 10/2016 – 12/2019: Scientific Advisor, PROWLER.