Mr. Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., aged 46, is the founder of our Company and has served as the chairman of the Board, our Director and CEO since our inception. He was re-designated as our executive Director in June 2023.
Mr. Zhavoronkov served as an advisor and director of Deep Longevity, Inc from March 2020 to January 2023. Prior to founding Insilico Inc., Mr. Zhavoronkov worked in the Biogerontology Research Foundation from May 2008 to June 2018. He has published over 300 research papers and three books including “The Ageless Generation: How Biomedical Advances Will Transform the Global Economy.” Mr. Zhavoronkov is also the co-organizer of the Annual Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting, one of Europe’s largest industry events in aging research and drug discovery.
Mr. Zhavoronkov received two bachelor’s degrees in commerce and science from Queen’s University in Canada in May and June 2001, respectively, a master’s degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in the United States in May 2007, and a Ph.D. in physics and mathematics from Moscow State University in Russia in October 2008.