Domenico Bonanni, is a Nanotechnology Engineer and MBA graduate with 10+ years’ experience ranging from industrial R&D, software and technology development. He holds a B.Sc. in Applied Physics from L’Aquila and a double degree M.Sc. program in Mathematical Engineering focusing on Nanotechnology. After two R&D experiences in Eni and STMicroelectronics, he enrolled in an MBA program at Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris, with a scholarship from CNH Industrial. He then joined Thales Alenia Space Technology R&D department focusing on physical modeling and technological qualification campaigns for flight hardware validation. Furthermore, he joined Dompé as a Digital Engineering Officer shaping L’Aquila plant digital transformation roadmap. With increasing responsibilities, he moved to Manufacturing Science & Technology business unit where he served until his present role within EXSCALATE Drug Discovery Platform, where he deals with Computational Physics, Deep Learning, High Performance Computing and Scientific Project Management. Within EXSCALATE, Domenico established research partnerships with UnivAQ, SISSA, EPFL, CNRS, MPL, Italian Institute of Technology and CNR-ICCOM.  Since 2022, Domenico is also enrolled in an industrial PhD program from University of L’Aquila developing a custom forcefield to be integrated in LiGen ® , the docking software at the hearth of EXSCALATE Platform.