Drug Metabolism Prediction

Dr. Johannes Kirchmair is currently a lead researcher at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He received his PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and subsequently worked as an application scientist for Inte: Ligand in Vienna, Austria, before returning to his Alma Mater as an Assistant Professor. In 2009 he joined BASF SE Ludwigshafen, Germany, where he was responsible for the computational optimization of fungicide leads. From 2010 to 2013 he worked as a senior research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Sciences Informatics, University of Cambridge (UK), where he developed computational methods for drug metabolism prediction. His main research interests include molecular informatics, bioinformatics, medicinal chemistry, and drug design.