Andrea Hita Ardiaca

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Associate Director, AI Scientist at AstraZeneca

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Overview

Andrea is an Associate Director and AI Scientist at AstraZeneca, where she applies her engineering and computational expertise to biomedical systems. With a PhD from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, her career is focused on leveraging machine learning and data science for medical applications, particularly in analyzing complex biological data.

She is passionate about tackling problem-solving challenges within the medical field. Her core interest lies in using data science and machine learning methodologies to analyze, model, and ultimately understand complex biomedical systems to improve patient outcomes.

Andrea co-authored a paper on a novel graph-based method to improve RNA-sequencing data analysis.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Precise

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They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.  They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Topics They Care About

AI in Biomedicine
Her career is centered on applying engineering and computational tools, specifically machine learning and AI, to model and analyze complex biomedical systems at AstraZeneca.
Computational Epigenetics
In a previous role, she performed integrative analysis of multi-omics datasets with a specific focus on Epigenetics, including ATAC-Seq and Methylation data.
RNA-seq Analysis
She recently co-authored and shared a paper detailing a novel graph-based method to improve the quantification of reads in RNA-sequencing.

Media Appearances

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Work History

12-2025
Associate Director, AI Scientist at AstraZeneca
1-2024 - 11-2025
Senior Data Scientist at AstraZeneca
11-2019 - 12-2023
Research Scientist at Hologic Diagenode
11-2016 - 9-2019
Data Scientist at Cytel
9-2014 - 9-2016
Software Engineer at Galgo Medical SL

Education

2-2020 - 7-2023
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2015 - 2016
Master of Engineering - MEng from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Exp : 11 Location : Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Associate Director, AI Scientist at AstraZeneca
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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Tell them what ROI they can expect
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Andrea is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Andrea

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

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    How fast (or slow) will Andrea move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Andrea take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

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