Dr. Igor Tetko (scientific coordinator) obtained MSc degree (with honor) from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and PhD in bioorganic chemistry from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1994). He did his postdoctoral study in the University of Lausanne in neuroinformatics. Since 2001 Dr. Tetko is employed at Helmholtz Zentrum München, where he is Chemoinformatics group leader at the Institute of Structural Biology. He is also CEO of BIGCHEM GmbH, which provides informatics solution for big data analysis in life sciences. In 2011 he completed H.D.R (habilitation) in chemoinformatics from the University of Strasbourg. Dr Tetko co-authored more than 250 publications in chemoinformatics, bioinformatics, neuroinformatics, computational chemistry, environmental toxicity and machine learning. He was a PI in several international projects as well as coordinates Virtual Computational Chemistry Laboratory (VCCLAB) and OCHEM platform. His research interests include development of machine learning tools for computer-aided drug discovery and life sciences.
Dr. Katya Ahmad holds an MSc degree in Chemistry and pursued a PhD in Computational Biophysics. She also has 5+ years of experience with tuition and and supervision of students across all age groups. Within the Chemoinformatics group at HMGU, Katya is responsible for management and administration of projects.
Previous Project Manager (before the end of March 2023)
Dr. Marchela Pandelova (project manager) obtained MSc degree from Sofia University, Chemistry Faculty and PhD in environmental chemistry from the Technical University of Munich (2004). Since 2001 Dr. Pandelova is employed at Helmholtz Zentrum München as a scientist. She focuses on human and environmental exposomics and coordinates DNA extractions within the Germany's largest health study (NAKO). She extended her expertise in health risk assessment including QA/QC of data. She was working on generation of new collaborations and international/national project management (CASCADE-BABYFOOD, INTARESE, EmPOP, UBA-FKZ) with PhD students and scientists from different countries.
