From small molecules to sequences: prepare for a new discovery landscape

Globally recognised as a thought-leader in cheminformatics and computational drug discovery, Nathan is the inventor of the first multi-objective de novo molecular design system, published in 2004, and has published over 50 papers and four books on the field. Nathan is the 2017 recipient of the Corwin Hansch Award – an award given by the Hansch-Fujita Foundation for significant contributions to the field of computer-aided drug design. He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Societies of Chemistry, Biology, and The Arts. 

Nathan has worked in senior leadership positions at BenevolentAI and Healx, building and leading large interdisciplinary teams. Prior to this, Nathan was Head of In Silico Medicinal Chemistry at The Institute of Cancer Research in London where he founded and led the In Silico Medicinal Chemistry team for over ten years. In this capacity, he delivered significant scientific impact on drugs in active clinical trials, and was responsible for the development of new algorithms for drug discovery. He was also a Presidential Research Fellow at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Avantium.