Chris Ho
Owner and Chief Scientific Officer - Drug Design Methodologies
- Role
- Adjunct Professor at Webster University
- Location
- West Lafayette, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Ho
Accomplished physician-scientist, drug discovery entrepreneur, and software innovator with over 35 years of experience advancing small molecule therapeutics, computational biology platforms, and biomedical software tools. Selected Software Platforms DevelopedFORGE: A cloud-based AMOEBA force field parameterization and alchemical free energy calculation platform with Washington University; licensed exclusively to Qubit Pharmaceuticals; raised $500K startup capital and catalyzed >€12M VC investment.RACHEL: Created pioneering real-time automated combinatorial lead optimization platform; globally licensed by Tripos (NASDAQ: TRPS)(2005–2010) to 40+ pharma companies. First use of user-generated evaluation function by AI in a commercial drug development package.CompBio: Building the next-generation multi-omics analysis platform with Washington University Dept of Genetics; previous commercial version licensed to Percayai (St. Louis, MO); led to 30+ publications, nearly half in Nature or higher impact. See bit.ly/CompBioPubs.Agentic AI Drug Discovery (2025–present): HARPER – Heuristic Agentic Refinement Platform for Enhanced Receptor-binding for commercial and academic deployment.
Experience
Adjunct Professor
Dec 2019 — Present · St Louis, MO, US
As an accomplished Augmented Reality Specialist and Adjunct Professor at Webster University, I educate students on the theory and practical applications of Augmented Reality within the fields of Animation, Games and Games Design, and Interactive Digital Media. I am passionate about leveraging AR to revolutionize both scientific and artistic experiences, and I actively collaborate with the Kooyumjian Gallery at Webster University to digitally enhance exhibited works of art.
Education
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, Pharmacology
1987 — 1996
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General
1984 — 1987
Skills
- Biotechnology
- Molecular Modeling
- Enzyme Kinetics
- Chemical Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Drug Discovery
- Medicine
- Laboratory
- Organic Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Protein Chemistry
- Drug Design
- Genomics
- Comparative Genomics
- Molecular Genetics
- Life Sciences
- Lifesciences
- Computational Biology
- Chemistry
- Science
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