About me

I am a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge interested in applications at the interface between cheminformatics and statistical learning. Prior to joining MSR, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Gisbert Schneider’s molecular design laboratory at ETH Zurich while funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, where I became interested in explainable artificial intelligence methods in the context of drug design and chemical property prediction. I obtained my PhD in 2019 at Gianni de Fabritiis’ biophysics laboratory at Pompeu Fabra University, the main topic of my dissertation including pioneering applications of convolutional neural networks to three-dimensional atomistic systems.

Project details

At MSR I am focusing on expanding our understanding of explainable artificial intelligence models in drug discovery as well as their applicability in real-life scenarios. Other research areas that I am interested in are quantum mechanics and structural biology.

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About me

I was born and grew up in the beautiful city of Seville, Spain, where I also pursued my BSc in Statistics at the University of Seville. I then worked as an intern at IMC with the intent of providing statistical technical support in social and demographic studies. I then moved to Barcelona to pursue my MSc in Statistics and Operations Research at UPC, where I also developed an interest for bioinformatics.

My hobbies include beach volleyball, guitar playing and hiking.