Alexander Brandt
Executive Director Neuroscience at Eli Lilly and Company
Munich, Bavaria, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Brandt is an executive director in neuroscience and clinical drug developer with over 15 years of experience translating neurobiology into therapies for disorders like multiple sclerosis and ALS, with a particular emphasis on genetic medicines. He combines clinician training (M.D.) with deep expertise in translational medicine, neuroimaging, and neuroimmunology, bridging academic research and industry drug development. Currently leading neuroscience efforts at Eli Lilly while holding a visiting professorship and longstanding ties to Charité and UC Irvine, he has repeatedly moved ideas from bench to clinic and into startup practice as a former CEO. His background in neuroimaging science underpins data-driven biomarker strategies that de-risk trials and accelerate decision making. Based in Munich and active across transatlantic collaborations, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with rigorous clinical science to advance precision therapies for neurologic disease. An engineer and developer on GitHub in his spare time, he brings a rare mix of hands-on technical curiosity to leadership in biopharma.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Medicine, Medicine at The University of FreiburgDoctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medizin, M.D., Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medizin, M.D. at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (60)
google-home10
multimarkdown10
orientdb10
gwt10
java10
java-programming10
fritzbox9
programming-language9
kramdown9
template-engine9
dmx5129
markdown-it9
zigbee9
parser8
api8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rygel/fragments
Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:112 pushes, 1 branch, 18 tags in 1 year 10 months
rygel/pippo
Jun 2015 - Nov 2018
Micro Java Web Framework
Contributions:17 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years 4 months
micro-frameworkjava-webrestfulmicro-javaframework
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