Prof. Kelly Chibale

Prof. Kelly Chibale is a renowned drug discovery scientist and Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He holds the Neville Isdell Chair in African-centric Drug Discovery & Development and is the Founding Director of the South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery & Development Research Unit at UCT. Prof. Chibale is also the Founder and Director of the UCT Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre, serving as Chairman and CEO of the H3D Foundation. Additionally, he is the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (since 2023) and a Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Senior Fellow.