Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez

Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez is a Presidential Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he leads the Machine Biology Group. He completed postdoctoral research at MIT and earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia. He is best known for pioneering computational and artificial intelligence approaches to antibiotic discovery, which drastically reduced the time needed to identify preclinical candidates, from years to hours. He has received numerous awards, including the Fleming Prize. De la Fuente has authored more than 170 publications and holds multiple patents.