Miriam Lopez Ramos

Driving AI & Data Innovation in Drug Discovery | Computational Drug Design

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

• Leading digitalization and transformation of drug discovery through the deployment of AI- and data-driven solutions for Research • Strong technical expertise in computational chemistry at the service of drug discovery projects within interdisciplinary teams • Excellent people leader skills in an international and hybrid context • Eager-to-learn mindset. Passionate about innovation and efficiency. Committed to fostering a culture of trust.

Experience

  • Head of Data and AI Products for Research at Servier
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    Leading the deployment of data- and AI-driven tools for Research within the IT department, and contributing to the broader Data & AI strategy for Research.

  • Galapagos (13 yrs 8 mos)
    • Head of Computational Drug Design, Associate Director
      Jun 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Lead a group of 9 computational chemists in 2 teams + 3-5 consultants: - Ensure timely application of relevant state-of-the-art modeling methods to drug discovery projects, fostering mutual understanding and efficient collaboration with medicinal chemists - Steer development and implementation of new algorithms to address critical issues faced during compound optimization (including Machine Learning models and Generative AI) - Built a performant and close-knit group with a culture of trust, transparency and mutual support - Part of the management committee overseeing project advancement and strategy Co-lead transformation of Research informatics infrastructure to generate, collect, combine and serve drug discovery data to project teams: - Define implementation strategy as part of the Program Management Team (including introduction of ontology) - Follow-up on implementation as Product Owner in an agile Scrum team (oversee 7 developers, analysts, architects) - Supervise maintenance, development and user training for three key discovery informatics systems Operational Site Head for Romainville site (France): - Organise local operations to maximize site performance - Align accross sites for a one-company approach

    • Team Leader Computational Chemistry
      May 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Principal Scientist, Computational Chemistry
      Oct 2018 - Apr 2019 · 7 mos

  • Computational Chemist at AB Science
    Mar 2010 - Mar 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Coordination of a French collaborative project with one academic and two industrial partners - Setup of molecular modelling infrastructure and creation of corporate database for compounds and experimental results - Support to medicinal chemistry projects

  • Postdoc in Computational Chemistry at Syngenta Crop Protection
    Oct 2008 - Feb 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

    - Molecular modelling support to lead finding and optimization projects (fungicides) - Quantum chemistry calculations, comparison of virtual screening methodologies

  • PhD student at Institut Curie
    Sep 2004 - Sep 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    - Project: “Conception and synthesis of protein kinase CK2 inhibitors” - Organic synthesis, docking, virtual screening, development of scoring functions