The UDD team collectively brings over 80 years of experience in quantum chemistry, drug discovery, and machine learning.

Ayesh Madushanka, PhD

CEO & Founder

Quantum Chemistry and AI-based drug discovery

Avanka Lowe, MD

Physician Scientist

Nuclear radiology, Theranostics and ML

Joining soon, PhD

Software Engineer & ML specialist

GNN and Software Engineering

Elfi Kraka, PhD

Scientific Advisor

Professor and Theoretical Chemist with 50+ years of experience

Niraj Verma, PhD

Industrial Advisor

Research Advisor @ Eli Lily

Joshua Taylor, MBA

Business Advisor

Director of SPEARS Institute

UDD Publications

  1. Papaya leaf extracts as potential dengue treatments: an in-silico study

  2. In silico study of 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin and p-coumeric acid in Carica papaya leaves as Dengue virus type 2 protease inhibitors

  3. Quantum mechanical assessment of protein-ligand hydrogen bond strength patterns: insight from semiempirical tight binding and local vibrational mode theory

  4. SmartCADD: AI-QM empowered drug discovery platform with explainability

  5. QM40, Realistic Quantum Mechanical Dataset for Machine Learning in Molecular Science