My Projects
Novartis Projects
As Global Head of Data Science and AI, Sander leads teams building Digital Twins, Agentic Systems, and Decision Intelligence to accelerate drug development across the innovative Novartis pipeline.
GSK Projects (2019–2026)
Led the development of TwinOps and AIGA platforms, building GxP-compliant digital twins that achieved +20% yield and pioneering physical AI for global manufacturing sites.
Microsoft Projects (2015–2019)
Developed AI strategy for pharma and health. Public blog posts on machine learning and Azure solutions:
- Evaluating Machine Learning models when dealing with imbalanced classes
- Using Azure Machine Learning Notebook for quality control
PhD Research (Cambridge / EMBL-EBI)
PhD thesis: Understanding the epigenome using system genetics.
Major publication: Quantitative Genetics of CTCF Binding (PLOS Genetics).