Adresses
Electronic: alpha@alpha-lee.com
Office: PostEra Inc, 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02142, USA
Current Positions
2019-now
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, PostEra
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Medicinal chemistry powered by machine learning
2021-now
Scientific Co-founder, Byterat
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Intelligent battery data platform
2017-now (on leave until 2027)
Faculty Member and Group Leader
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Previous Employment
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
Education
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
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
2009-2012
BSc in Chemistry, First Class Honours (ranked 1st in the cohort)
Imperial College London
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)
Research Leadership
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.
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.
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)
Scholarship and Service
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Associate Editor, npj Computational Materials
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Editorial Board Member, Machine Learning: Science and Technology