Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD in Generative Structure-Based Drug Design, University of Cambridge (2019–2024)
In collaboration with Nxera Pharma
Supervised by Prof. Andreas Bender & Dr. Chris de Graaf
Thesis: Improving de novo molecule generation for structure-based drug design
MChem in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (First Class), University of Leicester (2013–2017)
Completed a year in industry at Cambridge Research Biochemicals
Supervised by Prof. Emma Raven
Thesis: Investigating the Regulatory Role of Heme on the hERG3 Ion Channel (see paper here)
Work Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2023–Present)
In collaboration with Johnson & Johnson
Supervised by Prof. Gianni de Fabritiis
Designing RL algorithms for molecular generation
Co-developer of ACEGEN: a TorchRL-based generative design library
External Consultant, Nxera Pharma (2021–2023)
Built a custom data curation pipeline for GPCR structures
Graduate Scientist, AstraZeneca (2017–2019)
Structural Chemistry: Small molecule solvent conformations using NMR
Computational Chemistry: Computational modelling for small molecule design
Bioinformatics: RNASeq analysis and gene signature curation for Immuno-oncology
Industrial Student, Cambridge Research Biochemical (2016-2017)
Small peptide synthesis, purification, and analysis
Technical Skills & Tools
Python, PyTorch, TorchRL, RDKit, Scikit-learn, Biopython
Git, Shell, Streamlit, PyQt
PyMol, Schrodinger, MOE, GROMACS, Gaussian
SQL, ChemDraw, OpenEye tools
Awards & Funding
Postdoctoral scholarship from VLAIO (2023)
PhD Studentship fully funded by Nxera Pharma (2019)
Celltech Award for top MChem grade (2017)
RSC Year in Industry Fellowship (2016)