By Lisa Stiffler
Publication Date: 2026-03-11 19:08:00
Igor Tsyganskiy is now executive vice president of Microsoft Research (MSR) as past president Peter Lee steps aside to become president of Microsoft Science, which spans physical, biological and medical fields.
“My new role is designed to reduce my management responsibilities and let me spend as much of my time as possible on technical work,” Lee said on LinkedIn. That will include an initial focus on advances in “AI-enabled virtual patients, populations and labs, and their power to transform biomedical research.”
Lee, who took the helm of MSR in September 2022, was previously a computer science professor at Carnegie Melon University for more than two decades. He thanked Tsyganskiy for “taking on the big job of leading Microsoft Research — I have no doubt that he’ll take the MSR labs up to new heights.”
Tsyganskiy will also continue serving as the…
