Title: Half a Decade of Life Lessons after Life Science Informatics

Speaker: Dr. Ajay Abishek Paul George, Biosolvit, Sankt Augustin, Germany

Abstract: Ajay Abisheck Paul George obtained his B.Tech in Biotechnology from VIT University, Vellore India (2009). After a three-year stint as software developer at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai, India, he moved to Germany for higher education. He obtained both his M.Sc. in Life Science Informatics (2016), and his PhD (2020) from the University of Bonn, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Diana Imhof. He is currently the Product Owner for Computer-Aided Drug Design software at BioSolveIT GmbH, a premium provider of molecular modeling and drug discovery software based out St. Augustin, Germany. In this talk Ajay looks back at how b-it and the LSI programme grounded his interests in molecular modelling and computational chemistry, motivating him to obtain a PhD in the field. While showing the key results from his PhD projects, he also discusses his experiences and lessons learnt in the process of transitioning from a student, to a research scholar to now, a Product Manager driving the development of BioSolveIT’s product portfolio SeeSAR and infiniSee. This talk is primarily targeted at current LSI students aspiring for a career in the computer-aided drug discovery industry, providing them tips and perspectives on how to make the best of their time at b-it.