Eric Fauman
Executive Director, AI Strategy And Innovation, Portfolio & Innovation
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEric Fauman is an Executive Director leading AI strategy and innovation for portfolio-level drug discovery at Pfizer, with nearly three decades of computational biology experience spanning structural biology, human genetics, and integrative target validation. Trained as a structural biologist (PhD, UCSF) and postdoc in X‑ray crystallography, he solved early high‑impact protein structures and has since translated that mechanistic rigor into genome‑scale analyses like biochemical interpretation of GWAS and metabolite QTLs. At Pfizer he has built and led teams that integrate genetics, expression, metabolomics, biochemical and structural data to prioritize targets across therapeutic areas from cardiometabolic disease to rare disorders. Recently he’s focused on reframing biological discovery with AI—advocating for falsifiable, instrument-driven approaches that go beyond intuitive heuristics. He publishes and engages publicly on technical interpretation of genetic associations and welcomes collaboration at the intersection of AI, biology, and medicine. Based in Cambridge, MA, he blends deep academic training with pragmatic leadership in industry-scale translational science.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of MichiganPhD, Biochemistry & Biophysics, PhD, Biochemistry & Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco
English
Github Skills (12)
owl8
ontologies8
semantics8
monarchinitiative7
factor7
owl-api7
ontology6
java5
neo4j5
rdf4
hl73
ruby1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fauman/EGEA
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
EBISPOT/efo
Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
Github repo for the Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
Contributions:7 comments, 2 issues in 4 years 2 months
monarchinitiativeowlfactorsemanticsobofoundry
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