Berton is a Founding Fellow at Recursion and Scientific Director at Valence Labs, an AI research lab within Recursion. He earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Utah in its mathematical biology group, and was a postdoc at both the University of Utah and Michigan State University. Berton has worked in many scientific and leadership roles in industry, including CTO of Perfect Pitch (now Boomsourcing), Director of Data Science and Operations at Red Brain Labs (acquired by Savvysherpa), and Principal and Senior Scientist at Savvysherpa (acquired by UnitedHealth Group). While at Recursion, Berton has led the development and deployment of many of the machine learning capabilities employed in its drug discovery workflows, and currently directs multiple research programs across Recursion and Valence Labs.
