Principal Scientist
Schrödinger
Francesca Moraca is a Principal Scientist at Schrödinger, Inc. She joined Schrödinger in 2017 in the Application Science Department in Cambridge (MA). She then joined the NY office in December 2018 working remotely since then from Charlottesville (VA). From 2014 to 2016 Francesca did her postdoc at Drexel University in the Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering at the same time being a Research Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Chemistry focusing on the design and optimization of HIV-1 entry inhibitors. From 2010 to 2013, She earned her PhD at the University of Siena (Italy) in Pharmaceutical Science applying Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD) to the search for new drug candidates for neglected tropical parasitic diseases, fungal infections, and Tuberculosis. From 2009 to 2010, She did a Master in Drug Design & Synthesis at the same University using CADD to design Chagas’ disease inhibitors. From 2004 to 2009 She graduated (summa cum laude) from the University of Siena (Italy) in Pharmaceutical & Applied Chemistry.