Riley Hickman
FounderCo-founder & Director of Research and Development at Intrepid Labs
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
FoundedIntrepid Labs
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About
Riley Hickman is Co-founder and Senior Director of Engineering at Intrepid Labs, a company that applies machine learning, robotics, and pharmaceutical expertise to drug product design. Hickman completed a PhD at the University of Toronto's Matter Lab under the supervision of Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik, with a focus on using machine learning, high-performance computing, and robotics to accelerate materials discovery.
Co-founder & Director of Research and Development at Intrepid Labs
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Co-founders at Intrepid Labs
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Alán Aspuru-GuzikCo-founder
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Christine AllenCo-founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Pauric BanniganCo-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Experience
- Intrepid LabsCo-founder and Senior Director of Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Intrepid LabsCo-founder and Director of Research and Development2023 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of TorontoGraduate Student Researcher2018 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of TorontoGraduate Teaching Assistant2019Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Vector InstituteVisiting Scholar2021 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Atinary Technologies Inc.Data Scientist2021Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Carleton UniversityUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2017 — 2018Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
- Carleton University Computational Chemistry Group (CCG)Undergraduate Researcher2017Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)C++C#BashMicrosoft OfficeTensorFlowMachine Learning1Quantum Chemistry1Bayesian statisticsData VisualizationBayesian networksDeep Learning
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Riley Hickman?
- Riley Hickman is Co-founder and Senior Director of Engineering at Intrepid Labs, a company that applies machine learning, robotics, and pharmaceutical expertise to drug product design. Hickman completed a PhD at the University of Toronto's Matter Lab under the supervision of Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik, with a focus on using machine learning, high-performance computing, and robotics to accelerate materials discovery.
- Where does Riley Hickman work?
- Riley Hickman is Co-founder & Director of Research and Development of Intrepid Labs.
- What companies did Riley Hickman found?
- Riley Hickman founded Intrepid Labs.
- Where did Riley Hickman go to school?
- Riley Hickman studied at University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Physics); Carleton University (Honours Bachelor of Science - BSc, Chemistry and Physics).
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