Christos Kannas
Associate Principal Scientist (Machine Learning Cheminformatics Expert)
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Top SchoolChristos Kannas is an Associate Principal Scientist specializing in machine learning and cheminformatics with over a decade of applied experience in pharma and academic research. Based in Gothenburg, he currently drives MolecularAI projects at AstraZeneca, building reaction knowledge graphs and refactoring core workflows for hybrid fingerprinting and frequent-hitter scoring. His background blends research software engineering with algorithmic chemistry—earlier roles include developing de novo multi-objective molecule design methods and production cheminformatics platforms for canSAR. Christos holds a PhD in Computer Science and has a history of porting scientific code to high-performance environments, from CUDA-accelerated climate modules to scalable virtual screening workflows. He is strong at turning research prototypes into maintainable production tooling that integrates chemical data, ML models and domain-specific rules. Less obvious: he combines hands-on low-level optimization experience with higher-level ML/graph engineering, making him effective across the full stack of computational chemistry solutions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Advanced Information Technologies, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Advanced Information Technologies at University of CyprusBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 6.82/10, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 6.82/10 at University of IoanninaHigh School, Physical Sciences, High School, Physical Sciences at Lykeio A Pafos
English, Greek
Github Skills (28)
reaction9
python8
video-encoding8
cheminformatics8
extraction8
rdkit8
encoder7
datasets7
materials-informatics7
chemistry7
bitbucket-cloud6
slurm6
plugin5
plug5
ndi5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CKannas/rdkit
Mar 2021 - Jul 2024
The official sources for the RDKit library
Contributions:3 PRs, 12 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 4 months
rdkityanginfinibandsolidworkssystems-programming
CKannas/styles
Jun 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 5 months
citationcitation-style-languagecssstylescitation-styles
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