Summary
Jörg Wicker is a senior lecturer and machine learning researcher with over a decade of experience applying AI to cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and environmental sustainability. Based in Auckland, he combines an academic track record (PhD from TUM) with entrepreneurial leadership as co-founder and current CEO of enviPath, guiding applied ML from lab to product. His recent work focuses on reliability, adversarial vulnerabilities, and bias in models, with practical impacts in chemistry, epidemiology, and environmental research. Jörg’s background blends long-term research appointments and international visits with hands-on startup CTO experience, giving him a rare mix of theoretical depth and product-minded engineering. An intriguing thread through his career is the steady move from foundational bioinformatics toward trustworthy ML for real-world environmental decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Technical University of Munich
Diplom Bioinformatics, Diplom Bioinformatics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
German, English, French, Macedonian