Vikram Bajaj Age, Wiki and Bio

Vikram Bajaj

Quick Info

ProfessionScientist, Physicist, Chemist
NationalityAmerican

Bio/Wiki

Other NameVikram “Vik” Bajaj
NicknameVik
Known forBeing the Co-Chief Executive of Project Prometheus

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt & Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

Degrees
  • Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science in Biochemistry from University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley

Personal Life

Marital StatusMarried
ReligionHinduism
Food HabitNon-vegetarian

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Career

Highlights
  • Served as a Principal Investigator at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2011 to August 2021.
  • Worked as a Research Scientist and Principal Investigator at UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2015.
  • Was an Advisory Board Member at the College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley from February 2015 to August 2021.
  • Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Google Life Sciences from March 2013 to October 2016.
  • Served as Director of Google X during his time in Google Life Sciences.
  • Worked with Sergey Brin at Google X, a lab focused on radical technology projects.
  • Co-founded Google Life Sciences in March 2013, now known as Verily.
  • Adjunct Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine since September 2014.
  • Chief Scientific Officer at GRAIL, Inc. from January 2016 to October 2017.
  • Chair of the Science Board at Verily from September 2016 to September 2017.
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at GRAIL, Inc. until August 2021.
  • Managing Director at Foresite Capital Management since October 2017.
  • Co-founded Foresite Labs in October 2018, serving as its full-time CEO.
  • Non-Executive Director at Genomics England since February 2021.
  • Co-founder, Director, and Interim President of Xaira Therapeutics since January 2023.
  • Appointed co-chief executive of Project Prometheus on 18 November 2025.
Awards
  • R&D 100 Award for 'Magnetic Resonance Microarray Imaging' by R&D Magazine (2011)
  • R&D 100 Award for 'Optically-Detected Oil Well Logging by MRI' by R&D Magazine (2013)
  • Anatole Abragam Prize by International Society for Magnetic Resonance (2013)
  • Outstanding Digital Health Innovation Award by BayBio (2014)

Some Lesser Known Facts

From 2011 to August 2021, he worked as a Principal Investigator at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
He served as a Research Scientist at UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2015.
Vikram was an Advisory Board Member at UC Berkeley's College of Chemistry from February 2015 to August 2021.
He was the Chief Scientific Officer of Google Life Sciences from March 2013 until October 2016.
During his time at Google X, he collaborated with Sergey Brin on various projects.
In March 2013, he co-founded Google Life Sciences, now known as Verily.
Since September 2014, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
He held the Chief Scientific Officer position at GRAIL, Inc. from January 2016 to October 2017.
He served as the Chair of the Science Board at Verily from September 2016 to September 2017.
In October 2017, he became the Managing Director at Foresite Capital Management.
He co-founded Foresite Labs in October 2018 and took on the role of full-time CEO.
He started as a Non-Executive Director at Genomics England in February 2021.
Became the Interim President of Xaira Therapeutics in January 2023.
Made headlines in November 2025 when appointed as the co-chief executive of Project Prometheus.