Ada Silos-Santiago

Ada Silos-Santiago is a scientific consultant and drug discovery expert at Menten AI. Ada received their PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020, where they were a graduate research assistant and led several projects involving the engineering of dengue and zika virus glycoprotein antigens for vaccination and serum antibody epitope mapping. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and they have been awarded a US patent for their work on dengue envelope glycoprotein stable dimer vaccine antigens. In their current role at Menten AI, Ada is responsible for providing expert scientific advice and guidance to clients on a range of drug discovery projects.

Ada Silos-Santiago earned a Bachelor of Science from UC Irvine in Chemistry with a Biochemistry Concentration. Ada then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where they earned their Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Ada Silos-Santiago reports to Marco Kessler, Associate Director, Drug Discovery.