Prof. Carolina Horta Andrade, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Head of Laboratory for Molecular Modeling and Drug Design (LabMol), at the Federal University of Goias (UFG). She holds a degree in Pharmacy (UFG) and a Ph.D. in Drugs and Medicines (USP). She is a principal researcher at the Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CEIA-UFG), and coordinator of the CADD division at the Center for Research and Advancement in Fragments and Molecular Targets (CRAFT). Her research focuses on Computer-Assisted and Artificial Intelligence oriented Drug Design aiming at discovering new drug candidates for Neglected and Emerging diseases. Her research also focuses on the development of AI tools and QSAR models for Toxicological research and Risk assessment. Her major software tools and models developed are publicly available in InsightAI web portal http://insightai.labmol.com.br/. She has published over 130 articles in indexed scientific journals and 8 book chapters, with 3,585 citations and an h-index of 32 (Web of Science). She has supervised 11 doctoral theses and 19 master's dissertations. She has received several national and international awards, the most notable being “For Women in Science” from L'Oréal-UNESCO and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 2014, the "International Rising Talents" award from L'Oréal-UNESCO in 2015, and "Brazilian Women in Chemistry" from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2022. She was elected as an Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences for the Global Academy of Young Researchers. She served as Associate Editor for the Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences (Elsevier) and as Associate Editor of Communications in Chemistry (Nature). She currently serves as an Associate Editor for ACS Omega (ACS) and is member of the Editorial Advisory Boards for Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Journal of Chemical Information and Modelling and ChemMedChem.
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