Gianni de Fabritiis

Gianni De Fabritiis is a co-founder and interim CEO of Acellera Therapeutics, a company specializing in quantum chemistry and AI solutions for small-molecule drug discovery, with tenure since October 2006. Gianni serves as an ICREA Research Professor at the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats and as an Associate Professor and researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra since January 2007, leading a computational science laboratory. Additional academic experience includes visiting professorships at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford University, as well as a postdoctoral fellowship at University College London. Prior professional roles include a managerial position at Advanced Technology Assessment and a research fellowship at CINECA. Gianni holds a PhD in Computational Science from Queen Mary University of London and a Laurea in Mathematics from Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, complemented by business education from IESE Business School.