Jason Wang
Senior Scientist AI ML at Merck
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Wang is a Senior Scientist in AI/ML and cheminformatics at Merck with eight years of experience applying data-driven modeling to accelerate drug discovery. He holds a PhD in organic chemistry from UCLA and dual BAs in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Columbia, giving him a rare combination of experimental chemistry training and machine learning expertise. Jason has bridged lab and computation throughout his career—from undergraduate bioinformatics and organic chemistry research to graduate work under Abigail Doyle—delivering predictive tools and informatics for discovery chemistry. Based in Los Angeles, he unexpectedly balances a high-stakes technical career with life as a race car driver, reflecting a knack for precision, risk management, and rapid decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Columbia College, Columbia University
Chinese, English, Chinese, French, Shanghainese
Github Skills (21)
data-repository9
cheminformatics9
chemistry9
database8
automation8
machine-learning8
dft8
ecology8
data-science6
bayesian5
python4
reinforcement-learning4
autoencoder3
synthesis2
structural-biology2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
beef-broccoli/beef-broccoli
Mar 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
beef-broccoli/ochem-data
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
published organic chemistry data
Contributions:93 commits, 74 pushes in 1 year 4 months
chemistrydatadata-sciencemachine-learningorganic
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