Members
Alejandro Giorgetti (Co-founder)
Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, with more than 25 years of experience in multiscale computational methods for proteins, drug discovery, and systems pharmacology. He has built a lab recognised internationally for its work on GPCR modelling and docking (GOMoDo, pyGOMoDo), intracellular signalling simulations (SSBtoolkit), and cheminformatics applied to drug design
At Discovera, he provides scientific direction, oversees the computational platform architecture, and anchors the company’s academic credibility, translational network, and access to University of Verona infrastructure including HPC resources.
Rui Ribeiro (Co-founder)
Rui Ribeiro is a computational biochemist with 8+ years of research experience across molecular modelling, molecular dynamics simulations, and multiscale systems biology applied to drug discovery and disease modelling. He holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Verona (2020) and a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Porto.
He has deep expertise in GPCR signalling simulations, kinetic modelling of intracellular cascades (cAMP, calcium flux, NMDA/AMPA), and high-performance computing.
Lorenzo Tamanini (Co-founder)
Lorenzo Tamanini is an entrepreneur and business strategist with a track record spanning corporate planning, financial management, and venture building across Italy, Switzerland, and Australia. He holds a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Trento, with a thesis on innovative startups.
At Discovera, Lorenzo leads business development, financial planning, investor relations, and go-to-market strategy. He is the primary commercial interface with clients, partners, and funding bodies.
Filippo Baldessari (Co-founder)
Filippo Baldessari is a computational biologist with 4+ years of research experience at the Applied Bioinformatics Group, University of Verona. He holds an MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology (University of Verona) and a BSc in Bioinformatics (University of Verona). His research specialises in ligand-protein and protein-protein docking, molecular dynamics simulations, GPCR structural analysis, and cheminformatics.