Antong Chen is an accomplished professional in the field of data science and scientific informatics, currently serving as Executive Director at Merck within Research & Development Sciences. Antong has held various leadership roles, including Team Lead in Image Data Analytics and Director of Data Science and Scientific Informatics at Merck. Prior to these positions, Antong contributed as a Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Summer Research Assistant at Vanderbilt University, complemented by a Summer Research Internship in Applied Mathematics and Modeling at Merck and a Summer Internship at Rose-Hulman Ventures. Educationally, Antong Chen earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.