Ruslan Tazhigulov

Ruslan Tazhigulov is a Senior Scientist I at Antares Therapeutics, specializing in Protein and Chemistry Machine Learning since March 2025, after holding a similar position at Scorpion Therapeutics from August 2023 to March 2025, and previously serving as a Senior Data Scientist at EQRx from January 2022 to August 2023. At EQRx, notable contributions included leading machine learning efforts, building a cloud-based drug creation platform, and developing automated data pipelines for preclinical programs. Prior experience includes a postdoctoral role at Caltech focusing on quantum information and computation, and research assistant positions at Boston University and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, where expertise in computational modeling and enzyme engineering was developed. Tazhigulov earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Boston University and a Specialist in Chemistry degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University.