Dr. Exequiel O. J. Porta is currently a Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Fellow at the UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London (UCL), UK, and the Coordinator of the Health and Biological Sciences Area at the Network of Argentine Researchers in the UK (RCARU - RAICES). He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2015) and his MSc. in Biotechnology (2010) from the National University of Rosario, Argentina. His research experience includes positions as a COFUND Marie Curie Research Fellow at Durham University (UK) and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at CONICET (Argentina). Dr. Porta’s current and previous research interests focus on medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, bioinformatics, proteomics, parasitology, and drug discovery against neglected tropical diseases and infectious diseases. He is a member of various professional societies, including the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Chemical Society (ACS-MEDI), Argentine Society of Organic Chemistry (SAIQO), and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dr. Porta has received multiple distinctions, notably the TropicalMed Young Investigator Award (Global, 2025), MRC Outstanding Team Impact Prize (UK, 2024), Durham Global SDG Award (UK, 2024), Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award (Argentina, 2023), and Outstanding Citizen (Argentina, 2023).
