Adrian Henkel
Data Scientist, Software & LLMOps Engineer
Munich/Berlin
Hey there, thanks for stopping by! I am Adrian, a remote Data Scientist and Software / LLMOps Engineer at Career1Group, based in Munich and sometimes Berlin. I hold an M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from the Technical University of Munich, where I primarily focused on machine learning and software design, and wrote my thesis on generative AI for protein design. When I am not diving into code or machine learning models, you can find me on the basketball court, capturing photos or tying out new places to eat out. At home, I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and sharing my favorite cooking algorithms. Check out the Bites section for my top picks, and don’t hesitate to reach out on my socials if you’d like to chat!
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Work Experience
LLMOps Engineer and Data Scientist
2024 - Present
Orchestrating data analysis pipelines to extract actionable insights from client datasets. Architecting and implementing cutting-edge AI applications to enhance productivity across various business domains. Crafting bespoke internal applications that streamline workflows and empower teams with intuitive, data-driven tools. (Yes this was AI generated because I am too lazy to write this)
Working Student
2020 - 2024
Scientific assistant. Project managing for an internal tutorial series for the Visiopharm software.
Working Student
2019 - 2020
After the programming internship offerd by the bioinformatics department (ProPra), I wanted do get even more practical experience so I applied for a working student position at AstraZeneca Computational Pathology. During my time there I got my first insights into professional programming and implemented / adapted my first neural networks for segmentation and artifact detection on immunohistochemistry (IHC) tissue images. I would say this was the year, where I learned the most about programming and data science.
Intern
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
At Definiens, I was first exposed to programming, web development, data visualization, and data science techniques. I was completely new to in that field since I never had any experience during my high school years. But I was intrigued by it and I gave Bioinformatics a try. Spoiler: It turned out quite well ;)
Administrative assistant
2014 - 2016
As a high school student I worked as an administrative assistant at Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH. I was responsible for handling customer data in LIMS and performed various administrative tasks.
Education
MSc. Bioinformatics
2021 - 2024
The title of my thesis was: "From Hallucinating to Lucid Dreaming: Controlled Protein Design using Diffusion Language Models". (Thesis Grade 1.0) If you want to know more about it, I have a blog post about it here (somewhen).
Bachelors Thesis
2017 - 2021
The title of my thesis was: "Communication Efficient Approaches to Federated Deep Neural Networks". (Thesis Grade 1.0) If you want to know more about it, I have a blog post about it here (somewhen).
High School
2008 - 2016
During the late stage of high school I found my passion for biology and maths which inspired me to apply for an internship at Definiens AG and later to my bioinformatics studies. During my lower secondary school years, I played basketball in the U16 Bundesliga for FC Bayern Munich.