Martijn Willemsen
PhD Student at UAMC | Medicinal Chemistry Research Group
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolMartijn Willemsen is a PhD student and medicinal chemist with 9 years of research experience focused on design and synthesis of targeted degraders and small-molecule probes. Currently at the UAMC Medicinal Chemistry Research Group in Antwerp, he leads projects on tissue-selective autophagy targeting ULK1 and Vps34 funded by FWO. His background spans chemical biology at Scripps Research, PROTAC design, and combined synthetic and computational work on DPP8/9, giving him an uncommon blend of hands-on synthesis and molecular modelling. He holds an MSc in Drug Development and a BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Antwerp. A former elite taekwondo athlete, he brings discipline and competitive drive to collaborative drug-discovery efforts. His GitHub represents an academic modeling group focused on translational drug discovery rather than broad open-source projects, reflecting a lab-centered, application-driven output.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS Drug development, Master of Science - MS Drug development at University of Antwerp
Github Skills (1)
cheminformatics6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
silicos-it/filter-it
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 months
silicos-it/qed
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:8 releases, 17 commits, 16 pushes in 3 days
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