Rui Ribeiro
Scientific Researcher at University of Verona
Veneto, Italy
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Top SchoolRui Ribeiro is a computational chemist and scientific researcher with eight years of experience applying molecular modeling, cheminformatics, and machine learning to drug discovery. Based at the University of Verona, he has led structure-based programs that combined large-scale virtual screening (5-million-compound campaigns) and microsecond molecular dynamics to advance inhibitors for challenging proteases like granzyme K and cathepsin E. His work bridges predictive ML for protein–ligand affinity and practical medicinal chemistry, guiding synthesis and testing of dozens of analogues from in silico hypotheses. Previously a postdoc at Forschungszentrum Jülich, he developed open-source GPCR toolkits and integrated ML classifiers with docking to validate novel GPCR chemotypes. He teaches interdisciplinary data-analysis courses for PhD researchers, emphasizing rigorous evaluation and real-world generalisation beyond benchmark scores. Notably, his pipeline couples high-throughput GPU docking with detailed MD to turn computational hits into experimentally actionable leads.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biotechnology at Università degli Studi di VeronaMaster's degree, Biochemistry, Master's degree, Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto
Portuguese, English, Italian, German, French
Github Skills (3)
bioinformatics8
systems-biology5
python4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rribeiro-sci/SSBtoolkit
Mar 2022 - Nov 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 1 PR in 3 years 9 months
rribeiro-sci/OXTR
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 11 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years
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