Zhihao Ding
Director And Global Head Of Human Genetics Head Of Animal Health Genomics at Boehringer Ingelheim
Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolZhihao Ding is a genomics leader with 11 years of experience translating statistical genetics and computational biology into drug and animal-health programs, currently directing Global Human Genetics and heading Animal Health Genomics at Boehringer Ingelheim. He progressed from hands-on statistical geneticist roles at Genomics plc and the University of Oxford to strategic leadership roles at Novo Nordisk and Boehringer, combining deep analytical expertise with program-level decision making. Trained with a PhD in Computational Biology from Cambridge and an MSc in Bioinformatics from Edinburgh, he builds cross-disciplinary teams that integrate human and veterinary genomics for target discovery and translational impact. Known for bridging research and industry, he advances pipelines that move genetic insights into therapeutic hypotheses and animal-health solutions. Based in Biberach an der Riß, Germany, he brings an international academic-to-pharma perspective and a track record of scaling genetics capabilities within large R&D organizations.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Bioinformatics, MSc Bioinformatics at The University of EdinburghBSc Biology, BSc Biology at Wuhan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology at University of Cambridge
chinese, english
Github Skills (34)
bioinformatics10
package-management9
conda9
samtools9
bioconda9
bcftools9
cancer-genomics7
structural-variation7
genome7
genomics-visualization6
viewer6
python6
component-based6
genomics5
python-bindings4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zd1/telseq
Aug 2016 - May 2018
A software for calculating telomere length
Contributions:4 releases, 16 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 9 months
pythonlength
zd1/bioinfo
May 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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