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Wolfgang Halter

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Head of Data Science and Bioinformatics at Merck Gruppe
📍 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Dr. Wolfgang Halter is the Head of Data Science and Bioinformatics at Merck Life Science, applying his engineering background from the University of Stuttgart to drive innovation. He focuses on mathematical optimization, AI, and gene editing. He is a frequent podcast guest and speaker on accelerating R&D through data-driven strategies.

He is passionate about developing open-source tools to benefit the broader scientific community, as shown by his teams work on the BayBE project for Bayesian optimization. He actively fosters collaboration and shares knowledge through public speaking and promoting his teams work, indicating a strong belief in community-driven progress.

His team developed an open-source library, BayBE, that can reduce experimental time in drug development by up to 50%.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Data Science and Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Bayesian Optimization
Leads the BayBE project at Merck, an open-source library for Bayesian optimization aimed at accelerating R&D and improving experimental design in life sciences.
Open-Source Innovation
He champions developing and releasing open-source tools like BayBE to foster collaboration and accelerate innovation across the entire biotech industry, not just within Merck.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Head of Data Science and Bioinformatics
Merck Gruppe
2-2022 - 8-2023
Head of Data Science for Life Science
Merck Gruppe
7-2021 - 2-2022
Senior Data Scientist
Merck Gruppe
2-2014 - 6-2019
Research Assistant
Uni Stuttgart - Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control
8-2017 - 10-2017
Visiting Research Scientist
Caltech
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Education
2014 - 2019
Dr. Ing.
University of Stuttgart
2007 - 2013
Dipl. Ing.
University of Stuttgart
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