Adit Radhakrishnan

Bio

I joined the MIT Department of Mathematics as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025, and am also an associate member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. I was an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and previously the George F. Carrier Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard. I completed my Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) at MIT. I received my M.Eng. in EECS and my Bachelor’s of Science in Math and EECS from MIT.

Research Interests: I have two fundamental interests: (1) understanding core mathematical principles driving the success of deep learning; and (2) applying these principles to develop new machine learning algorithms, particularly in the biomedical space. Recently, I have focused on understanding how neural networks learn patterns (or features) from data and how we can improve their feature learning capabilities. On the machine learning side, I have applied my research to characterize features learned by Large Language Models (LLMs), which has exposed existing vulnerabilities and led to the development of effective safeguards. On the biomedical side, I have applied my research to understand patterns in genomics data that give rise to cellular programs. I am working together with collaborators at the Broad Institute to put together a comprehensive catalog of cellular programs and advance our understanding of cellular biology and identify mechanisms of disease.