Burak Günhan
Senior Principal Biostatistician
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolBurak Günhan is a Senior Principal Biostatistician based in Darmstadt with nine years of experience designing and analyzing early oncology trials using Bayesian methods. He holds a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Göttingen and has led innovative dose-escalation and dose-schedule optimization studies, serving as trial-lead and core safety committee member. At Merck he blends a drug-developer mindset with hands-on statistical programming, contributing to crmPack and developing R packages that implement meta-analysis and shrinkage methods. His background spans academic methodological research, PK/PD modeling, and industry roles at Novartis, Roche, and Galapagos, reflecting a strong bridge between theory and practice. Notably, he has translated novel Bayesian designs into production-ready Stan and R implementations used across teams and collaborations.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics at Boğaziçi UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Biostatistics, Master of Science (MSc) Biostatistics at University of ZurichDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics at The University of Göttingen
English, German, Turkish
Github Skills (10)
meta-analysis7
java7
bayesian6
r-package6
meta6
r5
crm5
stan4
bayesian-inference3
ruby1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gunhanb/guenhan
Jun 2018 - Feb 2024
Contributions:66 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 8 months
gunhanb/nmaINLA
Sep 2016 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 release, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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