Wolfgang Halter is the Head of Data Science and Bioinformatics at Merck Life Science where he drives the application and development of AI methods and use-cases throughout all major business domains. He earned his Dr. Ing. from Universität Stuttgart, specializing in Automatic Control and Synthetic Biology. Dr. Halter has a strong interest in mathematical optimization, gene editing, and integrated decision-making, driving innovation at the intersection of biology, computation, and advanced analytics.

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