DrPietro Sormanni

Dr Pietro Sormanni is an Associate Professor and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.

His research focuses on the development of innovative data-driven technologies for computational protein and antibody design using AI and biophysical experiments. The main scope is to obtain antibodies and other binders against targets that have been challenging to access using conventional approaches, and to improve or predict molecular traits crucial for their successful development as biotherapeutics (e.g., stability, solubility, immunogenicity, etc.). The research group has established numerous collaborations and industrial partnerships, whose outcomes are beginning to demonstrate that computational approaches can be applied alongside established procedures to streamline antibody development, and to offer novel time- and cost-effective alternatives.  

Prior to taking up this post, Pietro was a Group Leader at the Unviersity of Cambridge, he held a postdoctoral Borysiewicz Biomedical Sciences Fellowship, obtained a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in Theoretical Physics from the University of Milan.

We are always looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals to join the team (see the Group website). If you are interested, please get in touch to discuss potential opportunities.