Lorenzo is a biologist. He received his Master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Pavia, Italy. Lorenzo started his career at the Department of Molecular Medicine Pavia where his work involved cloning, protein expression, purification and characterization. In 2021, Lorenzo joined the Incircular team

Saskia is a chemist. After her chemistry studies at the Free University Berlin, she continued with her PhD in chemical biology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She then became associate editor for chemistry journals at Wiley-VCH. In 2016, Saskia joined Tom’s group as project leader at the VU University Amsterdam and continued research on INCYPRO. She launched Incircular in 2021.

Sharmila is a biochemist. She holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Glasgow. She started her career in bacterial protein expression and purification at the Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals, India. Sharmila is part of the Incircular team since 2022.

Sven is a biochemist and crystallographer. He received his PhD from the Max-Planck Institue for Molecular Physiology. After post-doctoral research at the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research in Perth, Sven started his own research group in 2012 at the Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max-Planck Society. He joined the VU University Amsterdam in 2017 as head of crystallography and assistant professor for structural chemical biology.

Tom is a chemist. He received his PhD in chemistry from the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. After post-doctoral research at Harvard University, Tom started his independent career at the Max Planck Institute and the Chemical Genomics Center in Dortmund. Since 2016, Tom is full professor and Chair of Biomimetic Chemistry at the VU University Amsterdam.