John santa Maria

John Santa Maria is an experienced professional in cheminformatics and data science, currently serving as Associate Director of Cheminformatics at FogPharma since October 2022, where leadership in developing machine learning solutions for stapled peptide drug discovery is prominent. Prior experience includes roles as Principal Scientist at UCB, Senior Expert I Data Science at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, and Research Scientist at nference, with a focus on multi-omics analytics, cheminformatics support, and semantic AI applications. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Chemical Biology from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Mathematics from Muhlenberg College, along with earlier positions such as Postdoctoral Fellow at Merck Research Labs and Graduate Resident Tutor at MIT.