Speakers

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Explore the key opinion leaders and renowned academic experts who bring unparalleled knowledge and thought leadership to our annual events.

Discovery Speakers

07 - 08 November 2024 | Boston, MA, USA

Discovery US 2024

Abhijat Vatsyayan
Head of Artificial Intelligence,
Taiho Oncology
Divya Kanichar
Director,
Insitro
Fiona Mack
Vice President,
Bayer
Giovanni Piedimonte
Vice President of Research,
Tulane University
Hong Cheng
Vice President, Head of Research Strategy,
Sanofi
Jason Ekert
Head of US Translational Technology,
UCB
Jennifer Busby
Director Biology,
Exscientia
Julie Owen
Director,
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Lihua Yu
Chief Data Officer,
LifeMine Therapeutics
Martin Redhead
Associate Vice President,
Exscientia
Paul Scola
Senior Director, Chemistry,
Bristol Myers Squibb
Shelley Allen
Vice President, Head of Drug Discovery,
Nimble Therapeutics
Aaron Van Hooser
Senior Director, Computational Biology,
Sensorium Therapeutics
Anneke den Hollander
Head of Cellular Genomics, Genome Biology and Functional Genomics,
AbbVie
Ari Allyn-Feuer
Director of Artificial Intelligence Product,
GSK
Boguslaw Nocek
Senior Director,
Eli Lilly
Dr. Hemachandran Kannan
Director of the AI Research Centre,
Woxsen University
Graham Dempsey
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer,
Quiver Bioscience
Gvido Cebers
Global Head of Drug Safety, Research & Evaluation,
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Ilkay Us
Director, High Throughput Screening,
Cornell University
Jody Logan
Senior Director of Tech Transfer,
Genentech
Jonathan Solomon
Director,
Novartis Pharma
Joseph Wu
Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute; Co-Founder, Greenstone Biosciences,
Stanford University
Judith Ronau
Senior Scientist,
AbbVie
Julia Fox
Director, Data & Analytics,
Takeda
Kian Tan
Director,
Novartis
Lena Dolgikh
Head of CADD,
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
Nicholas Larsen
Senior Director of Biophysics and Structural Biology,
Kestrel Therapeutics
Noel Powell
Senior Director -Medicinal Chemistry,
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Prashant Gahtori
Professor,
Graphic Era Hill University
Rick Ewing
Vice President, Head of Chemistry,
Rapafusyn Pharmaceuticals
Robert Fremeau
Founder & CSO,
BrainStorm Therapeutics
Shuying He
Senior Director, External Innovation,
Eli Lilly
Yuan Wang
Head, Research Analytics,
UCB
Yunhui Ge
Scientist,
Alkermes

May 2025 | Basel, Switzerland

Discovery Europe 2025

Speakers for Discovery Europe 2025 will be revealed here in the coming weeks