Alex Aronov

Executive Director and Head of Data Science

Alex Aronov is Executive Director and Head of Data Science at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a function he co-founded in 2017 to address data-centric problems across the entire business through application of advanced analytics and machine learning. Alex Aronov is Executive Director and Head of Data Science at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a function he co-founded in 2017 to address data-centric problems across the entire business through application of advanced analytics and machine learning.



Previously, Alex led the Discovery Informatics team at Vertex, with responsibility for HTS content and enrichment, the global chemogenomics initiative, as well as the company’s toxicogenomics efforts. He started his career as a computer-aided drug design scientist and was involved in projects in oncology, inflammation, rare diseases, and antivirals.



Alex serves on the Drug Discovery for the Nervous System committee at the Center for Scientific Review/NIH and is a board member for MIT delta v entrepreneurship bootcamp at the MIT Martin Trust Center. He is an author of over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and an inventor on over 40 international patent applications. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Washington and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.



Previously, Alex led the Discovery Informatics team at Vertex, with responsibility for HTS content and enrichment, the global chemogenomics initiative, as well as the company’s toxicogenomics efforts. He started his career as a computer-aided drug design scientist and was involved in projects in oncology, inflammation, rare diseases, and antivirals.



Alex serves on the Drug Discovery for the Nervous System committee at the Center for Scientific Review/NIH and is a board member for MIT delta v entrepreneurship bootcamp at the MIT Martin Trust Center.

Talks About
#datascience

Preferred Locations
#NorthAmerica