AI|ffinity - Molecular design

C-Level

Thomas Evangelidis, M.Res., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Founder, CEO & CSO

Thomas Evangelidis is the lead developer of the company's software products and a scientific programmer for over 15 years…

Vaclav Hanzl, M.Eng., Ph.D.

Chief Software Engineer

Vaclav is a computer engineer with over 35 years of experience in AI.

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Scientific

Alžběta Türková, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Operations & Development Manager

Alžběta combines her background in computational chemistry with management and business administration.

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Guglielmo Tedeschi, M.Sc.

Application Scientist & Project Manager

Guglielmo is a medicinal chemist who graduated from the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy, where he gained experience working with flow chemistry techniques and computational optimization of novel scaffolds.

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Aleksandra Ptaszek, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Computational Chemist

Aleksandra Ptaszek is a computational chemist specialising in the integration of NMR spectroscopy with machine learning and quantum chemical methods.

Łukasz Kozaczkiewicz, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.Eng.

Computational Biologist

Łukasz is a Molecular Biologist and Computer Science Engineer.

Ekaterina Burakova, M.Sc., Ph.D.

NMR & Data Scientist

Ekaterina is an NMR data specialist. She started to work with NMR spectra in

Jakub Jakubec, M.Sc.

PhD student

Jakub holds a Master's degree in Structural Chemistry from Masaryk University.

Administrative

Ing. Martina Poukarová

Marketing Specialist

Martina has studied applied informatics as well as business management and economics,

Business Advisors

Vojtěch Kadlec, Ph.D., Ing.

Business Advisor

Visit UNICO

Vojtech is co-founder of the company UNICO, which connects the business and academic worlds

Veronika Štěpánková, Ph.D., Ing.

Business Advisor

Visit JIC

Veronika Štěpánková has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Masaryk University in Brno.

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Scientific Advisors

Pavel Polishchuk, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Scientific Advisor

Pavel is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc.

Jiří Filipovič, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Scientific Advisor

After completing his Ph.D. in Informatics at Masaryk University, Jiří worked as a postdoc at Masaryk University and the University of Vienna.

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doc. Ing. Václav Veverka, Ph.D

Scientific Advisor

Václav is an Associate professor at the Department of Cell Biology, Charles University, Prague, but also co-PI in the Structural Biology group of IOCB

doc. Mgr. Karel Kubíček, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisor

Karel is an Associate Professor in Biophysics at Masaryk University, Brno, but also a Senior Researcher in the Laboratory of Structural Biology

prof. Mgr. Daniel Svozil, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisor

Daniel is the head of the Department of Informatics and Chemistry at the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), Prague.

Strategic Partners

UNICO

Strategic Business Partner

JIC

Strategic Business Partner

Masaryk University

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