The people behind the pipeline.
A multidisciplinary team of computational chemists, machine-learning engineers, structural biologists and HPC specialists — based in Murcia, working with partners worldwide.
The group, 2024–2025
Group leader
PI and scientific lead of BIO-HPC
Horacio Pérez-Sánchez, PhD
Director · BIO-HPC Research Group · UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia
Twenty-five years building computational methods that move compounds from supercomputers to the clinic. Leads the group’s drug-discovery pipeline (12 programs, 8 patents, 2 clinical studies) and its software portfolio of 12 open tools, with 200+ peer-reviewed publications and 6M€+ raised in competitive funding.
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Postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates and collaborators
Alfonso Pérez Garrido
QSAR / QSPR modelling, predictive toxicology and chemometrics for environmental and pharmaceutical compounds.
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Carlos Martínez Cortés
Machine learning and AI for drug discovery and personalised medicine. Co-developer of Blind Docking Server, DIA-DB and MetaScreener.
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Alejandro Rodríguez Martínez
Structural bioinformatics and molecular modelling, with a background in biochemistry, molecular biology and bioinformatics.
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Elena Murcia García
AI for drug discovery and computational pharmacology, with a focus on natural compounds targeting GLP-1R for metabolic and obesity-related applications.
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Jorge Ricardo Alonso Fernández
Computational drug discovery and structural bioinformatics at the BIO-HPC group, UCAM.
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José Francisco Costa Rubio
Scientific researcher at the BIO-HPC group, UCAM — computational methods for life-sciences problems.
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Josefina María Vegara Meseguer
Bioengineering, medical biophysics and computational chemistry — co-author on the BIO-HPC antiviral repurposing programme (Kukoamine A, Zeaxanthin, Clexane).
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Where they are now
- 2021–2025Jochem Nelen, PhD · consensus virtual screening with Eurofins-Villapharma→ now at University of Oxford
- 2020–2024Miguel Carmena Bargueño, PhD · molecular dynamics & large-scale virtual screening (TOLEDO, MetaScreener)→ now at CESGA — Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia
- 2015–2026Antonio Jesús Banegas Luna, PhD · drug discovery on HPC, virtual screening pipelines and interpretable ML→ now at CUD-UPCT — Centro Universitario de la Defensa
- 2018–2022David Hernández Silva, PhD · computational drug discovery & preclinical models→ now Scientific Project Manager & Lab Manager at CNIO — Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
- 2014–2021Jorge Peña-García, Grad. student · Computer Engineering→ Software Engineer
- 2017–2020Savíns Puertas Martín, PhD · Computer Engineering→ Postdoc at University of Almería
- 2015–2020José Pedro Cerón Carrasco, PhD · Computational Chemistry→ now at CUD-UPCT — Centro Universitario de la Defensa
- 2015–2019Antonio Vicente Contreras, PhD · Computer Engineering→ CEO at aitalentum.com
- 2015–2019Jesús Antonio Soto Espinosa, PhD · Applied Mathematics→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2015–2019Isabel María Timón Pérez, PhD · Applied Mathematics→ Quality Service, UCAM
- 2015–2019Baldomero Imbernón Tudela, PhD · Computer Engineering→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2015–2019Andrés Bueno Crespo, PhD · Computer Engineering→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2015–2019Antonia Sánchez Pérez, PhD · Computer Engineering→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2015–2019Antonio Llanes Castro, PhD · Computer Engineering→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2014–2019Helena den Haan, PhD · Biology→ High-school teaching
- 2015–2019José Luis Abellán Miguel, PhD · Computer Engineering→ UKEIM group, UCAM
- 2013–2019José María Cecilia Canales, PhD · Computer Engineering→ Universitat Politècnica de València
- 2015–2017Ricardo Rodríguez Schmidt, PhD · Chemical Engineering→ Schrödinger, Inc.
- 2015–2016Fahimeh Ghasemi, PhD student · Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (co-supervised)
- 2015Cathalijne Witte, Erasmus+ · Business and Marketing
- 2014Afshin Fassihi, PhD · Medicinal Chemistry
- 2014Nabila Bekhti, PhD student · Computational Chemistry (co-supervised, Université Djillali Liabès)
- 2013–2014Gaspar Cano, PhD · Computer Engineering
- 2013–2014José Luis Gallego Imbernón, Grad. student · Computer Engineering
- 2013–2014Francisco Javier Sánchez Galián, Grad. student · Computer Engineering
- 2013–2014Ginés David Guerrero Hernández, PhD · Computer Engineering
Looking to join the team? PhD, postdoc and predoctoral positions are listed in Open positions.
Working with the team
All commercial enquiries, partnership proposals and academic collaborations come directly to the group leader.
Research contracts
Drug discovery, HPC capacity and AI-on-HPC services — hperez@ucam.edu
PhD & postdoc supervision
Open and upcoming positions are listed in Open positions.
Joint EU & national projects
Co-supervision and proposal writing for Horizon, Marie Curie and Spanish national calls — hperez@ucam.edu
Prof. Horacio Pérez-Sánchez · hperez@ucam.edu