AmazonDirector of Applied Science
Mar 2026 — Present
Josh Merel co-founded Fauna Robotics and serves as CTO alongside his role as Director of Applied Science at Amazon. Previously he worked in research at Meta and Google DeepMind. He holds a PhD in neurobiology and behavior from Columbia.
Josh Merel co-founded Fauna Robotics and serves as CTO alongside his role as Director of Applied Science at Amazon. Previously he worked in research at Meta and Google DeepMind. He holds a PhD in neurobiology and behavior from Columbia.
Career
Fauna RoboticsCTO & Co-founder
2024 — Present
MetaResearch Scientist & Manager
2021 — 2024
Google DeepMindStaff Research Scientist
2016 — 2021