Rubén Sanchez-Garcia

Ruben Sanchez-Garcia holds a BSc degree in Biotechnology, another one in Computer Science, and an MSc in Biophysics. In 2020, he completed his PhD at the Spanish National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), under the supervision of Professor Jose Maria Carazo and Dr. Joan Segura. After that, he joined the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford, where he worked as a postdoctoral researcher until being appointed Assistant Professor at IE University in 2025.

His research focuses on machine learning algorithms for structural biology, with special emphasis on deep learning methods for cryogenic electron microscopy and structure-based drug discovery. Dr. Sanchez-Garcia has co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and developed several well-known algorithms like BIPSPI and DeepEMhancer.

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, IE University, Spain, 2025 – Present

• Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford, UK, 2022 – 2024 

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford, UK, 2020 – 2022

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences (Computational Biology), UAM, Spain, 2020

• MSc in Physics of Condensed Matter and Biological Systems (Biophysics), UAM, Spain, 2020

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, UNED, 2022

• Long B.Sc. in Biotechnology (Licenciatura), Universidad de Leon, Spain, 2013

Corporate Experience

• Sustaining Innovation Postdoctoral Researcher, Astex Pharmaceuticals, UK, 2022 – 2024

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

3 - Good health and well-being

9- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure