# Jiang Xu

Roger Jiang, founder and CEO of Light Origins. Earned an undergraduate degree in applied physics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a physics doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park, researching at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) during doctoral study. Subsequently moved into AI and worked at AI chip company Mythic. Joined OpenAI as a Member of Technical Staff in 2019, becoming a core ChatGPT contributor and one of few Chinese scientists to experience its key technological evolution in full. Returned to China at the end of 2024 to establish Light Origins, focusing on Physical AI foundation models for embodied intelligence.

Roger Jiang, founder and CEO of Light Origins. Earned an undergraduate degree in applied physics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a physics doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park, researching at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) during doctoral study. Subsequently moved into AI and worked at AI chip company Mythic. Joined OpenAI as a Member of Technical Staff in 2019, becoming a core ChatGPT contributor and one of few Chinese scientists to experience its key technological evolution in full. Returned to China at the end of 2024 to establish Light Origins, focusing on Physical AI foundation models for embodied intelligence.

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