Francesco Gentile
Co-Founder at University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolFrancesco Gentile is a biophysics-focused entrepreneur and academic who leverages eight years of experience applying AI and physics-based simulations to biomolecular systems and drug discovery. As Co-Founder of InVirtuoLabs and an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, he bridges translational research and method development to accelerate computer-aided drug design. His background spans molecular dynamics, homology modeling, and docking—rooted in a PhD from the University of Alberta and advanced degrees from Politecnico di Torino. He has practical lab-to-clinic insight from collaborations at cancer institutes and hands-on roles teaching experimental physics labs, giving him a rare combination of computational rigor and experimental intuition. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex simulation methods into usable tools for discovery and early-stage validation.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics at University of AlbertaDiploma di maturità scientifica, 86/100, Diploma di maturità scientifica, 86/100 at Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe PeanoMaster of Science (MSc), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, 110/110, Master of Science (MSc), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, 110/110 at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English
Github Skills (11)
docking10
virtual-screening10
drug-discovery9
deep-learning8
scoring7
voronoi6
pocket5
tessellation5
large-scale4
scale3
industrial2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vibudh2209/D2
Aug 2019 - Nov 2021
Speed virtual screening by 50X
Contributions:2 releases, 131 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 3 months
virtual-screeningspeedscreening
jamesgleave/Deep-Docking-NonAutomated
Mar 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:62 commits, 11 pushes, 17 comments in 1 year 9 months
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