Laura Perez Benito

Laura Perez Benito is a Principal Scientist at Johnson & Johnson with a strong background in molecular pharmacology and computational chemistry. She holds a Ph.D. focused on the study of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) oligomerization and the design of bivalent ligands using Physic-Based methods such Molecular Dynamics and Free energy perturbations, contributing to the understanding of receptor-receptor interactions and ligand targeting strategies. Following her doctoral work, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johnson & Johnson, focused on the application of open-source software to perform free energy perturbation (FEP) and integrating FEP methodologies into early-stage drug discovery programs. This work advanced the use of computational tools in real-world pharmaceutical development. Currently, as a Principal Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, Laura continues to lead innovative efforts in applying computational methods to accelerate drug discovery and improve molec