Portrait of Cesar de la Fuente
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University of Pennsylvania

Cesar de la Fuente

  • 2025
  • Participant
  • Engineering & Technology

Cesar de la Fuente has pioneered artificial intelligence approaches that have greatly accelerated antibiotic discovery, yielding numerous preclinical candidates that show promise for therapeutic intervention against currently untreatable infections. He has received numerous awards, including the Princess of Girona Prize, and published over 180 papers. De la Fuente is a Sloan Fellow and an elected AIMBE Fellow, becoming one of the youngest ever to be inducted.

Cesar de la Fuente is a 2025 Falling Walls Finalist in the Engineering & Technology category.