Adresses
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Electronic: alpha@alpha-lee.com
Office: PostEra Inc, 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02142, USA
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Current Positions
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2019-now
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, PostEra
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Medicinal chemistry powered by machine learning
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2021-2023
Scientific Co-founder, Byterat
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Intelligent battery data platform
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2017-now (on leave until 2027)
Faculty Member and Group Leader
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
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Previous Employment
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2016-2017
George F. Carrier Fellow
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
2015-2016
UK-US Fulbright Scholar
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
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Education
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2013-2015
DPhil (PhD) in Mathematics
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Thesis title: Statistical Physics of Bulk and Confined Ionic Liquids (pdf)
Supervisors: Profs Alain Goriely and Dominic Vella
Leatherseller's Scholar at St Catherine's College
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2012-2013
MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, with Distinction (ranked 1st in the cohort)
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Clarendon Scholar
Awarded the G-Research 1st Prize
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2009-2012
BSc in Chemistry, First Class Honours (ranked 1st in the cohort)
Imperial College London
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Awarded the Governor’s Prize for Best BSc Student
Awarded the Departmental Prize for Excellence in Physical Chemistry (ranked 1st in Physical Chemistry amongst graduating Bachelor and Master Students)
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Research Leadership
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2022-now
Principal Investigator, ASAP Discovery Consortium
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$67M U19 grant awarded by NIH to develop a pipeline of antivirals against pathogens of pandemic concern.
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One of the three PIs leading the consortium. I'm responsible driving early discovery.
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2020-2022
Principal Investigator, COVID Moonshot
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AI-driven open science consortium focusing on discovering antivirals targeting SARS-CoV-2 Mpro. From cold-start to development candidate in 18 months.
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Attracted $10M from the Wellcome Trust to transition into DNDi's drug development portfolio.
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One of five PIs leading over 200 scientists; I was invited to present at the World Health Organization by the Chief Scientist.
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Awards and Prizes
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Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2021)
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Forbes 30 under 30, Science and Healthcare in Europe (2020)
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St Catharine's College Cambridge Research Fellowship (2017)
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Fulbright Scholarship (UK-US Fulbright Commission, 2015 -2016)
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Leathersellers' Company Scholarship, St Catherine's College, Oxford (2013 - 2015)
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G-Research 1st Prize (University of Oxford, awarded to the top student on the MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientitfic Computing, 2013)
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College Prize (awarded by Mansfield College for achieving Distinction in the MSc course, 2013)
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Clarendon Scholarship (University of Oxford, 2012-2013)
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Governor’s Prize for Best BSc Student (Imperial College, 2012)
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Departmental Prize for Excellence in Physical Chemistry (Imperial College, 2012)
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Scholarship and Service
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Associate Editor, npj Computational Materials
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Editorial Board Member, Machine Learning: Science and Technology