Stephan Christoph Schuerer

Dr. Stephan C. Schürer is a Professor at the University of Miami, affiliated with the Department of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology. He serves as Director of Digital Drug Discovery at the Institute for Data Science & Computing and Associate Director of Data Science at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

• Education: PhD in Chemistry (Technical University Berlin), MS in Chemistry (Humboldt University)

His research focuses on systems drug discovery, integrating data science, cheminformatics, computational biology, and medicinal chemistry to develop small molecules for precision medicine. Key initiatives include FAIR data principles, ontologies (BioAssay Ontology), and software tools for drug discovery.

Recent publications highlight expertise in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring, cancer risk prediction models using genomic data, and computational approaches in PROTAC ternary complex prediction.

• Scientific Awards: Zubrod Award, Roche Symposium participation, multiple national scholarships

He leads the Schürer Systems Drug Discovery Research Group and contributes to national research consortia (MLP, LINCS, BD2K, IDG, RADx, MorPhiC).