Miquel Duran-Frigola is the lead scientist at the Ersilia Open Source Initiative, where he applies his data science expertise in underfunded settings such as research institutes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). His research interests lie at the intersection of drug discovery and large-scale biological data analysis.
During his PhD studies and early career, Miquel developed several in silico methods and published scientific papers on a broad range of topics, from theoretical chemistry to cell-based data analysis. He has held research positions at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) Barcelona, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tel Aviv University, ISGlobal-CISM (Manhiça Health Research Centre; Mozambique), the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), and H3D (South Africa).