OUR TEAM

Meet the scientists and engineers building the future of molecular discovery.

Technical Team

Nicolas Sawaya, PhD

Nicolas Sawaya, PhD

CEO/CTO

Foundational work in ultra-accurate molecular simulation and quantum algorithms.

Harvard PhD. Ex-Intel Labs.

Leonid Pereyaslavets, PhD

Leonid Pereyaslavets, PhD

Founding VP of R&D

Domain leader in molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and force field development.

Stanford postdoc. MIPT PhD.

Vladimir Ladygin, PhD

Vladimir Ladygin, PhD

Founding Scientist

Deep learning and generative models for chemistry.

Caltech PhD. MIPT undergrad.

Anugraha Thyagatur, PhD

Anugraha Thyagatur, PhD

Founding Scientist

HPC for protein thermodynamics.

UC Davis PhD. IIT Madras undergrad.

Scientific Advisory Board

Prof. Brenda Rubenstein

Prof. Brenda Rubenstein

Scientific Advisory Board

Pioneer in ultra-accurate quantum chemistry.

Professor at Brown University. Director of the Brown Data Science Institute.

Prof. Grant Rotskoff

Prof. Grant Rotskoff

Scientific Advisory Board

Pioneer in deep learning for proteins.

Professor at Stanford University. Berkeley PhD.

Company Advisors

Liyu Wu, PhD, MBA

Liyu Wu, PhD, MBA

Senior Business Advisor

UCSF postdoc. Ex-Head of Commerce at AtomBeat. Ex-Director at WuXi AppTech.

Interns

Caroline Chen

Caroline Chen

Research Intern

UC Berkeley undergrad. National Merit Scholar.

Want to join the team? Check out our open positions.

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