TEAM
The team of CancerAppy is formed by professionals with different background, scientific knowledge, and expertise including basic scientists, bioinformaticians, physicians and engineering leaders that form a heterogeneous and dinamic group always open to innovate.
Co-founders

Luis Martin
CEO - Co-founder
Luis Martín is an experienced entrepreneur and business leader. With a career spanning more than 15 years in technology and data science, he is an expert in creating projects from scratch and offering them to the market. Global Executive MBA. Co-founder of the TatemonoProject a publishing house, EstudioNOTE a creative studio and NAT innovation office

Alberto Ocaña
Chief Medical Officer -Co-founder
Oncologist scientist, leading the Experimental Therapeutics Unit, at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, Spain. He trained in Molecular Biology at Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Barcelona and in Drug Development and Design of Clinical studies at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He has also been a visiting professor at Yale University. Dr Ocana has more than 180 published articles in scientific journals.
Artificial Intelligence & Drug Discovery

Elisa Poyatos
PhD - Chief Scientific Officer
PhD in Chemistry from Universitat Politècnica de València, Elisa is graduated in Chemistry from the UCLM and obtained a Master’s Degree in Biophysics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has seven years of multidisciplinary research experience, working in several scopes such as synthesizing chemical compounds to test their antitumor capacity, using single molecule manipulation techniques, or developing new nanomaterials for controlled delivery.

Pawel Gancarski
PhD Head of AI
PhD in computer science from Trinity College Dublin in algebraic methods for software verification. Have eight years of experience in the field of wind energy research, where he was helping other scientists with numerical models and measurement data. He was focused on constantly improving research workflows and helping to define and prototype innovative ideas. In CancerAppy responsible for defining and implementing solutions based on ML algorithms.

Xabier Pena
Head of IT - Partner
Entrepreneur and developer specialized in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Computer Engineer UPV. MBA Eseune Business School
Has experience in development of computer platforms. Manager at Koalition Interactive.

Cristian Privat
PhD - Biochemistry
PhD in Chemistry from University of Barcelona in in-silicio strategies for protein modeling. Cristian graduated in Chemistry from the UB and then completed the UB-UPC interuniversitary Master in Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling in Chemistry, Physics and Biochemistry. During his academic career, he has gained experience in virtual screening and protein conformational ensemble analysis, which are essential tools in the early stages of drug design
Business Development & Partnering

Tobias Strobl
PhD - Chief Strategy Officer
Tobi is an experienced strategy and innovation consultant with extensive work experience in the startup, corporate and academic environment in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Tobi is a lead mentor and instructor with internationally renowned accelerators and startup programs such as the German Accelerator Silicon Valley, the Silicon Valley Venture Development Program by Santa Clara University and the German Entrepreneurship, Open Austria and Innogate technology accelerator, amongst others. He is also lecturer with INSEEC business school.

Arianna Singson
Advisor - International Business Developer
Arianna is an experienced executive with extensive work experience in digital technologies and in the hospitality, travel and tourism industry. She has worked with various corporate conglomerates under Advanced Publications’ CondeNast (Publishing), Lacoste (Retail, Outlets and Ecommerce) and Hewlett Packard, Autonomy Interwoven (Multinational Enterprise Company).

Enrique de la Rica
Advisor - Innovative and Entrepreneurial Developer
Founder and Director of ESEUNE Business School (Spain and China). Director of the “Silicon Valley CEO Academy” in San Francisco (California). He has been a member of the first E-Commerce Advisory Committee of the University of California at Berkeley (USA), Director of the Technologies and Management Group of the Knowledge Cluster and is Advisor & Investor of the social network bebee.com (Spain-USA).

Josean Borge
Advisor - Funding & BD Strategy
Global Entrepreneur in Residence in Boston Massachusetts for Entrepreneurship. (Entrepreneurship program No. 1 in the USA). Executive MBA ESEUNE-Georgetown University. Technology. Founding Entrepreneur of El Señor de la Red (sold to Telefónica in 2002) CX Surboards, DataSurfHouse / Aquadat (Boston) and Dreamers factory innovation Outpost
Sales & Marketing
Pre-clinial Pharmacology
Clinical Develpment & Business Inteligence

Alessandro Scandura
Head of Marketing & Sales
PhD in biochemistry and biotechnology. Multidisciplinary background, acquired through several professional experiences. in different countries (Italy, Slovenia, Spain, USA, United Kingdom). Working in operations management, innovation and business development, he is advisor and founder of several start-ups related to AI, precision medicine and drug discovery. Strong skill set in project management, scientific writing and dissemination, he is supporting emerging companies in the area of life sciences and healthcare

Francisco Morís
PhD - Head of Development
Built an oncology drug development company from scratch, launching early drug discovery programs, up to completion of regulatory GLP preclinical studies

Alberto Ocaña
MD PhD - Chief Medical Officer
Oncologist scientist, leading the Experimental Therapeutics Unit, at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, Spain. He trained in Molecular Biology at Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Barcelona and in Drug Development and Design of Clinical studies at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He has also been a visiting professor at Yale University. Dr Ocana has more than 180 published articles in scientific journals.