BUA Honors Dan Bear ’06 with the 2025-2026 Distinguished Alumni Award
BUA is delighted to present the 2025-2026 Distinguished Alumni Award to Dan Bear ’06 for his pioneering work at the intersection of AI and immunotherapy.
This annual award, launched in 2022, goes to an alumnus/a who best exemplifies the values of BUA and has used those qualities to make an impact on the community and world around them. Recipients are nominated and selected by the BUA Alumni Council.
Dan Bear graduated from BUA in 2006, and went on to receive his BA in cellular and molecular biology and his PhD in neuroscience, both from Harvard. He completed a postdoc at Stanford. Dan is currently Director of AI Research at NOETIK, an AI-native biotech company harnessing self-supervised learning to discover better precision immunotherapies. He’s also founder and CEO of a stealth SSL startup. Dan has been described as “a genius who has made a significant impact on AI research while remaining humble.”
We are grateful to Dan for his ongoing commitment to BUA. Keep your eyes peeled for the Fall 2025 edition of Odyssey, the magazine of Boston University Academy, which includes a Q&A with Dan on his work and career trajectory.