Kazufumi Ohkawa
Manager at Shionogi & Co., Ltd
Shizuoka, Japan
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Top SchoolKazufumi Ohkawa is a drug discovery informatics leader with over 20 years of experience applying chemoinformatics, bioinformatics and both structure- and ligand-based design to pharmaceutical R&D. Currently a Manager at Shionogi after senior technical and leadership roles at Asahi Kasei Pharma and Mochida Pharmaceutical, he blends hands-on computational science with team leadership across medicinal chemistry programs. Trained in quantum chemistry at Kyoto University, he brings deep theoretical grounding to practical tasks like predictive modeling and structure-based optimization. Known for bridging data science and medicinal chemistry, he has progressed from research scientist to principal expert and manager roles, driving translational impact rather than purely academic methods. Based in Shizuoka, Japan, he pairs domain expertise with a pragmatic engineering mindset that accelerates hit-to-lead and lead optimization efforts.
17 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, quantum chemistry, Master's degree, quantum chemistry at Kyoto University
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Github Skills (35)
python10
jupyter10
psi10
rdkit10
cheminformatics10
scikit-learn10
chemistry9
vue8
gitlab8
cicd8
quantum-chemistry8
devops7
golang7
typescript7
bitbucket7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Mishima-syk/11
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
11th meeting
Contributions:50 commits, 4 PRs, 46 pushes in 1 month
kzfm/laskell
Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:49 commits in 4 months
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