Dr. Daniel Reker

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Reker's lab meticulously integrates biomedical data science with wet-lab experimental analysis, aiming to design personalized therapeutic opportunities. He employs automated experimentation driven by active machine learning to generate rich datasets, which are essential for understanding and improving effective active machine learning workflows. A significant aspect of his research focuses on developing adaptive models to predict critical drug properties such as efficacy, biodistribution, metabolism, toxicity, and side effects. These predictions are pivotal for comprehending the limitations of currently approved medications and for designing new drug candidates and nanoparticles. Reker is also involved in integrating clinical data analysis to rapidly validate the translational relevance of these predictions, striving to conceive data-driven protocols for precision medicine and personalized drug delivery. He holds an Sc.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-ETH Zurich, and his work reflects a commitment to advancing the intersection of computational methods with practical biomedical applications.

Research Interests

Courses

EGR 393: Research Projects Engineering BME 792: Continuation Graduate Independent Study BME 791: Graduate Independent Study BME 790L: Advanced Topics Lab for Graduate Students BME 789: Internship Biomedical Engineering BME 713S: QBio Seminar Series BME 590L: Special Topics Lab BME 494: Projects Biomedical Engineering (GE) BME 493: Projects Biomedical Engineering (GE) BME 390L: Special Topics Lab

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)