We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with alumnus Dr Lukas Schulte, Team Lead Applied Analytics & AI in the Computational Innovation Unit at Boehringer Ingelheim, Biberach.

In his talk, Lukas will provide insights into the academia-to-industry transition and what it takes to succeed there, his learnings in the 7 years since his PhD, his current and past roles, how Big Pharma R&D operates and the ambition of Computational Innovation at Boehringer Ingelheim.

• Date: Friday, 17 April 2026
• Time: 11:30-13:00 (appr.)
• Location: in-person
• Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you would like to attend.

About the speaker:

From 2014-2018, Lukas pursued his PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in the department of Prof. Dr. Holger Stark and in the GGNB Program “Biomolecules”. In his PhD work, he developed algorithms and software for Cryo-EM data analysis utilizing Machine Learning.

After graduating, Lukas joined ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions, Oberkochen, in November 2018 as a Research Scientist, where he leveraged AI/ML in Computer Vision for defect detection in automotive OEM production lines. He was promoted to Senior Scientist in early 2022, and later that year, decided to move to Boehringer Ingelheim in Biberach as Senior Scientist Machine Learning in the Global Computational Biology and Digital Sciences department.

Here, he worked on diverse projects, including virtual screening of Antibodies, ML-based steering of granulation machines and data-based identification of diseases to be added to the Boehringer Ingelheim portfolio. He was promoted to Principal Scientist Machine Learning in 2023, and after the inauguration of the new corporate function Computational Innovation, he took over the role of Team Lead Applied Analytics & AI, where together with this team and colleagues all over the organization, he develops methods to identify better targets and better biomarkers to ultimately create a benefit  for patients worldwide.

About the sessions:

Our Career Impulse Sessions offer a platform for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics for PhD students and postdocs in the Life and Natural Sciences. By inviting PhD holders with different career paths, we would like to illustrate the broad range of potential careers for PhD students and postdocs and give inspiration for career choices.