Andreas Bender

Prof. Andreas Bender is a Professor for Machine Learning in Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. He focuses on integrating heterogeneous chemical, biological, and medical data for clinically relevant decision-making.

• PhD, University of Cambridge
• Diplom-Chemiker, University of Frankfurt

His research interests include Drug Discovery, Artificial Intelligence, Cheminformatics, and Computational Biology, particularly in the context of life science data analysis and AI/ML applications.

He has been involved in founding biotech companies such as Healx Ltd., PharmEnable Ltd., and Pangea Bio. His work bridges academic research and translational drug discovery, with a focus on in silico methods and solubilizing difficult-to-drug targets.