Leon Hetzel
PhD Candidate
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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RockstarLeon Hetzel is a PhD candidate based in Munich with nine years of experience applying machine learning to drug discovery through roles at the TUM-DAML group and the Theis Lab. He blends academic rigor with practical ML engineering, focusing on translational research that accelerates therapeutic discovery. Outside the lab he volunteers with ki-macht-schule, demonstrating a commitment to STEM education and community impact. Leon’s profile suggests a researcher-engineer who navigates both cutting-edge model development and the real-world constraints of biomedical projects, making him effective at turning complex data into actionable insights.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (38)
image-analysis10
docking10
drug-discovery10
single-cell-genomics10
toolbox10
in-progress10
spatial-transcriptomics10
spatial-analysis10
single-cell-analysis10
rna-seq10
transfer-learning10
genomics10
health9
bioinformatics9
transcriptomics9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
theislab/chemCPA
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
Code for "Predicting Cellular Responses to Novel Drug Perturbations at a Single-Cell Resolution", NeurIPS 2022.
Contributions:175 commits, 13 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 5 months
pytorchiclrdrugsperturbationrnaseq
MxMstrmn/Thesis
Jul 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:49 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
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