Our speakers

Dr Rupesh V. CHIKHALE works as a Research and Application Scientist at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Cambridge (CCDC), Cambridge, UK. He earned his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences and did several postdocs at the University of Manchester, the University of East Anglia, and the University College London, U.K. With more than 15 years of experience in various areas of drug discovery, he is spearheading research in the application of generative AI in drug discovery. He specializes in medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, and computer-aided drug discovery. He focuses on developing novel anticancer and anti-infective agents targeting protein targets and conventional and non-conventional DNA structures. With his keen interest in developing novel strategies for targeting tuberculosis his current research is focusing on applying AI and Physics-based methods in drug discovery.

Tien LUU, Ph.D. is the Portfolio Senior Manager of Biosciences at BIOVIA Dassault Systèmes, managing aspects of life science modeling and simulation predictive science solutions. She began her career as a Scientific Specialist after receiving her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Since joining BIOVIA 22 years ago, Tien’s passion and excitement for helping customers accelerate their R&D have been steadfast and she is committed to improve customer experiences and product successes. In addition, she continues to be an active leader in scientific software product development, new program initiatives, and new applied and fundamental scientific research.