CPDSE brings together research units from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark, each contributing unique expertise to pharmaceutical data science.
CPDSE co-funds and co-supervises PhD projects at the intersection of pharmaceutical sciences and data science.
Supervisor Anton Pottegård
AI to strengthen transparency and reproducibility in real-world evidence (RWE) generation
Supervisor Lotte Stig Nørgaard
LLM-assisted patient–pharmacist conversation to improve communication education
Supervisor Wouter Boomsma
A Neurosymbolic Framework for Literature-Driven GPCR Interaction Modeling
Supervisor Icaro A. Simon
From mechanism to prediction: forecasting ligand-specific outcomes across GPCR variants with MD-derived biophysical descriptors
Supervisor Judith Kuntsche
Modeling release and redistribution of hydrophobic drugs from lipid nanocarriers
Supervisor Philipp Hans
A Provenance-Aware, Data-Driven Framework for Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solids
The scholarships are designed to accelerate a student's development, support academic exploration, strengthen their CV, and prepare them for research-related careers in pharmaceutical data science.
Julius Bjerager
Supervisor Karlis Berzins
1D-CNN-assisted denoising and preprocessing of low-frequency Raman spectroscopy data for pharmaceutical analysis
Start 1 August 2026
Mingrui Zhang
Supervisor Anders Ø. Madsen
Design of a high-throughput sample environment for synchrotron studies of hydration of multi-component solid-state drug systems
Start 1 August 2026
Paraskevi Potsi
Supervisor Alexander S. Hauser
Clinically anchored experience-report analysis for multi-modal modelling of psychedelic pharmacology
Start 19 September 2026
Simon Guldbrandt Kristensen
Supervisor Icaro A. Simon
Structure-guided discovery of GPR75 modulators as candidate anti-obesity agents
Start 1 September 2026
Xixi Chen
Supervisor Albert Kooistra
Targeted Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) Optimization to Enhance Protein Structure Prediction
Start 1 September 2026
CPDSE's group leaders anchor the research agenda — spanning computational pharmacology, solid-state science, pharmacovigilance, and science education.
Specializes in Data Science for Drug Design. His work bridges structural bioinformatics and cheminformatics, focusing on AI/ML applications for kinases and the development of open-science tools like the KLIFS database.
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Focuses on drug-related data science and pharmacogenomics. He integrates large-scale biomedical data — from genomics to clinical biobanks — to understand how genetic variability influences drug responses and personalized medicine.
Hauser Group ↗
A leader in crystallography and structural chemistry. He applies deep learning and advanced algorithms to solve the phase problem in X-ray and electron diffraction, focusing on polymorphism and crystal stability in pharmaceuticals.
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Works in pharmacoepidemiology at the Dept. of Public Health. He specializes in analyzing registry data on drug use patterns and effects, investigating both known and unknown effects of pharmaceutical treatments with a focus on rational drug use and deprescribing.
Pharmacoepidemiology Research Group ↗A powerhouse in Computational Receptor Biology and GPCR research. He leads the development of world-renowned databases like GPCRdb and applies big data science to uncover new drug targets and receptor signaling mechanisms.
Gloriam Group ↗A specialist from the Dept. of Science Education. He researches the didactics of the laboratory, focusing on how students engage with scientific inquiry and the epistemic emotions — like curiosity and doubt — that drive learning in STEM environments.
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Works in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. His research focuses on computational methods for studying molecular properties, particularly photon absorption phenomena and excited electronic states using density functional theory approaches.
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Works in Pharmaceutical Informatics. She utilizes mathematical modeling and Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) to bridge biological mechanisms with clinical outcomes, particularly for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.
Knöchel Group ↗Specializes in the development and characterization of lipid-based nanoparticulate drug delivery systems. Her work focuses on supercooled smectic nanoparticles and liposomal formulations, exploring how colloidal systems interact with biological membranes and their applications in pharmaceutical delivery.
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Specialist in the materials science of pharmaceutical solids. He uses advanced low-frequency Raman spectroscopy combined with multivariate chemometrics and machine learning to probe the mechanical and structural properties of complex drug delivery systems.
Staff Profile ↗Head of the Pharmacovigilance Research Center, working in Pharmacovigilance. His research utilizes big healthcare data and real-world evidence from national registers to monitor drug safety and adopt AI/ML for signal detection in large populations.
Pharmacovigilance Research Center ↗
Professor and leader of CPDSE. He works on RNA therapeutics and Pharma Strategy, drawing on a background in drug discovery and bioinformatics to shape the center's strategy and organizational growth.
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Leader of the Pharmacometrics Group. She focuses on population PK/PD modeling and simulations to optimize dosing regimens, utilizing mathematical tools to understand variability in drug response across various therapeutic areas.
Pharmacometrics Research Group ↗