Jacob Leander

Jacob Leander is a Pharmacometrician and Director at AstraZeneca, where they support drug development with advanced modeling and simulation techniques. With a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Jacob has over eight years of experience in clinical drug development, contributing to projects across various therapy areas. They have authored 11 peer-reviewed articles and developed the exact gradient FOCE algorithm used in NONMEM 7.4. Previously, Jacob has held roles at companies such as Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre and Volvo Cars, where they focused on data analysis and algorithm development.