Drew Wicke
Principal Data Scientist
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDrew Wicke is a Principal Data Scientist with 13 years of experience applying AI/ML, robotics, and automation to early drug discovery, currently leading efforts at Janssen to accelerate hit identification and compound prioritization. He blends deep research experience—PhD-level work in computer science and a history of publishing and presenting technical results—with hands-on model development in graph neural networks, uncertainty estimation, and generative/vision-based approaches. Drew has a track record of translating research into decision tools that improve hit rates and conserve resources, while building stakeholder networks across therapeutic areas, business units, and external collaborators. His background spans defense and national lab research (DARPA proposals, Argonne), multi-robot systems, and industrial R&D, giving him a rare combination of algorithmic rigor and practical engineering for lab-integrated ML workflows. Notably, he has led cross-functional efforts to deliver compound triage tooling that directly empowers medicinal chemists, reflecting both technical leadership and domain-savvy impact.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at York College of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at George Mason University
Github Skills (33)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dwicke/MTRP
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:182 commits, 163 pushes, 4 branches in 9 months
dwicke/TSAT
Jun 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:104 pushes, 2 branches, 3 comments in 2 years
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