Albert J. Kooistra

Albert J. Kooistra is an accomplished academic and industry professional with extensive experience in computational medicinal chemistry and cheminformatics. Currently serving as an Associate Professor at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen since May 2018, Albert also holds positions as Co-Founder and CTO at Synamics Therapeutics and Senior Scientific Expert at Kvantify. Previous roles include Research Scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, and involvement in significant projects related to protein-ligand interactions and drug discovery. Albert obtained a PhD in Computational Medicinal Chemistry from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and has a background in Bioinformatics and Telematics. Key expertise includes virtual screening, data mining, and statistical analysis.