The Ersilia Open Source Initiative
We are a global community fostering open source biomedical research. Our goal is to promote scientific activity in the Global South.
Core team
Our team merges expertise in chemistry, molecular biology and computational pharmacology with a natural enthusiasm for global health. We believe in open source science as a means to generate low revenue drugs and thus contribute to a more egalitarian world.
Board of
Trustees
Our Board of Trustees ensures that all activities performed within Ersilia are aligned with our mission.
Community and alumni
We are deeply grateful for the support of our interns and volunteers, without whom it would be impossible to make progress towards our mission. Below, we list them in alphabetical order.
Adrià Fernández-Torras, Mentor, Institut de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona, December 2022 - May 2023
Akash Rungta, Trustee, Ersilia Open Source Initiative, July 2021 - July 2021
Alacia Armstrong, Trustee, Ersilia Open Source Initiative, November 2022 - June 2025
Alex Estévez, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Alice Chen, Intern, Stanford University, June 2022 - August 2022
Alisona Le, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2024 - December 2024
Amna Ali, Intern, Outreachy, May 2022 - August 2022
Anamika Yadav, Intern, Outreachy, September 2022 - December 2022
Andrew Bimba, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, November 2022 - January 2023
Andrew Palacci, BSc, Student, Harvard University, February 2024 - June 2024
Andy Vo, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Anisa Istadi, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Ankit Kumar, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Ankur Kumar, OS, Maintainer,, Mentor, GitHub, February 2022 - December 2023
Anna Montaner, MSc, Student, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, September 2023 - January 2024
Anthony Cui, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Apurva Bhogale, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Carolina Caballero, Intern,, OS, Maintainer, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Cynthia Lo, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
David Cole, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Dhanshree Arora, Intern,, Mentor,, OS, Maintainer, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Dhruv Ranajit Choudhury, Intern, Laidlaw Foundation, May 2025 - June 2025
Dimitrios Philliou, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Drake Du, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Dylan Scott, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Edward Kang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Eileen Cahill, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Emmanuel Onwuegbusi, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Eric Wang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Febie Lin, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Grace Li, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Grant Birki, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Harmony Sosa, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Hellen Namulinda, Intern,, MSc, Student,, Mentor, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Holden Schermer, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Ifeoluwa Ojumoro, Intern, Outreachy, May 2022 - August 2022
Ingrid Yen, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Ini-Abasi Affiah, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Isabel Kim, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Jack Fan, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2024 - December 2024
Jake Pry, Advisor, University of Californa Davis, January 2022 - January 2024
James M. Greene, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Jayden Personnat, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Jeevanshi Sharma, Intern, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Jenna Massardo, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Joanne Jun, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
José Garcia-González, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
JQ Chooi, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Julia Poulson, Volunteer, Harvard University, March 2024 - June 2024
Jumoke Adeyemi, Intern, Outreachy, May 2024 - August 2024
Karthik Jetty, Intern, Stanford University, January 2023 - March 2023
Kartikey Vyas, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Kurt Enriquez, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Laura Paola Gomezjurado, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Lazar Deretić, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, March 2022 - June 2022
Leila Yesufu, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Łukasz Lichota, Volunteer, Open Life Sciences, October 2022 - May 2022
Lynden Rooms, Visiting, Researcher, University of Bristol, January 2023 - April 2023
Malik Badmus, Intern, Outreachy, May 2024 - August 2024
Marcos de la Torre, MSc, Student, University of Barcelona, September 2022 - January 2023
Margaret Woo, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Mike Warren, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Molly Zhang, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Nuria Camí, MSc, Student, University of Barcelona, February 2022 - June 2022
Olawumi Salaam, Intern, Outreachy, December 2024 - February 2025
Patrick James Walsh, Intern, Stanford University, July 2025 - August 2025
Pau Hernández Ribera, Volunteer, Independent, Since June 2025
Pauline Banye, Intern, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Phevos Paschalidis, BSc, Student, Harvard University, February 2024 - June 2024
Pol Duran Casademont, Volunteer, La Caixa, January 2023 - December 2023
Polina Kuperman, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Rachel Stanik, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Raphael Brosular, Intern, Stanford University, July 2022 - August 2022
Raul Bermejo, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Renee Perpignan, Volunteer, Harvard University, March 2024 - June 2024
Riley Pittman, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Riyesh Nath, Volunteer, BlackRock, July 2022 - December 2022
Rudolf Stander, Advisor, H3D Foundation, February 2025 - June 2025
Russell Jeffrey, Volunteer, Independent, August 2023 - December 2023
Sainag Nethala, Volunteer, Splunk, April 2025 - June 2025
Samuel Maina, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Samuel Volk, Intern, Stanford University, July 2022 - August 2022
Sarima Chiorlu, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Sean Marcia, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Sergi Xaudiera, Volunteer, Generalitat de Catalunya, November 2022 - December 2025
Shankar Pashupathy, Advisor, Twilio, July 2022 - May 2024
Simran Tandon, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Ski Sankhe, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Su Yuen, Volunteer, Momo Central, April 2022 - June 2022
Success Shibambu, Employee, H3D Foundation, March 2024 - June 2024
Theresa Huang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Tomasz Tokarczuk, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, March 2022 - December 2023
Vihaan Gupta, Volunteer, Harvard University, April 2025 - August 2025
Zainab Ashimiyu-Abdusalam, Intern, EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, March 2024 - June 2024
Zakia Yahya, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Zimin Qian, Intern, Stanford University, July 2025 - August 2025
Akash Rungta, Trustee, Ersilia Open Source Initiative, July 2021 - July 2021
Alacia Armstrong, Trustee, Ersilia Open Source Initiative, November 2022 - June 2025
Alex Estévez, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Alice Chen, Intern, Stanford University, June 2022 - August 2022
Alisona Le, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2024 - December 2024
Amna Ali, Intern, Outreachy, May 2022 - August 2022
Anamika Yadav, Intern, Outreachy, September 2022 - December 2022
Andrew Bimba, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, November 2022 - January 2023
Andrew Palacci, BSc, Student, Harvard University, February 2024 - June 2024
Andy Vo, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Anisa Istadi, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Ankit Kumar, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Ankur Kumar, OS, Maintainer,, Mentor, GitHub, February 2022 - December 2023
Anna Montaner, MSc, Student, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, September 2023 - January 2024
Anthony Cui, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Apurva Bhogale, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Carolina Caballero, Intern,, OS, Maintainer, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Cynthia Lo, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
David Cole, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Dhanshree Arora, Intern,, Mentor,, OS, Maintainer, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Dhruv Ranajit Choudhury, Intern, Laidlaw Foundation, May 2025 - June 2025
Dimitrios Philliou, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Drake Du, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Dylan Scott, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Edward Kang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Eileen Cahill, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Emmanuel Onwuegbusi, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Eric Wang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Febie Lin, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Grace Li, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Grant Birki, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Harmony Sosa, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Hellen Namulinda, Intern,, MSc, Student,, Mentor, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Holden Schermer, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Ifeoluwa Ojumoro, Intern, Outreachy, May 2022 - August 2022
Ingrid Yen, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Ini-Abasi Affiah, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Isabel Kim, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Jack Fan, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2024 - December 2024
Jake Pry, Advisor, University of Californa Davis, January 2022 - January 2024
James M. Greene, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Jayden Personnat, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
Jeevanshi Sharma, Intern, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Jenna Massardo, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Joanne Jun, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
José Garcia-González, Volunteer, Harvard University, February 2023 - April 2023
JQ Chooi, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Julia Poulson, Volunteer, Harvard University, March 2024 - June 2024
Jumoke Adeyemi, Intern, Outreachy, May 2024 - August 2024
Karthik Jetty, Intern, Stanford University, January 2023 - March 2023
Kartikey Vyas, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Kurt Enriquez, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Laura Paola Gomezjurado, Intern, Stanford University, July 2024 - August 2024
Lazar Deretić, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, March 2022 - June 2022
Leila Yesufu, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Łukasz Lichota, Volunteer, Open Life Sciences, October 2022 - May 2022
Lynden Rooms, Visiting, Researcher, University of Bristol, January 2023 - April 2023
Malik Badmus, Intern, Outreachy, May 2024 - August 2024
Marcos de la Torre, MSc, Student, University of Barcelona, September 2022 - January 2023
Margaret Woo, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Mike Warren, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Molly Zhang, Volunteer, Berkeley University, October 2022 - November 2022
Nuria Camí, MSc, Student, University of Barcelona, February 2022 - June 2022
Olawumi Salaam, Intern, Outreachy, December 2024 - February 2025
Patrick James Walsh, Intern, Stanford University, July 2025 - August 2025
Pau Hernández Ribera, Volunteer, Independent, Since June 2025
Pauline Banye, Intern, Outreachy, December 2022 - March 2023
Phevos Paschalidis, BSc, Student, Harvard University, February 2024 - June 2024
Pol Duran Casademont, Volunteer, La Caixa, January 2023 - December 2023
Polina Kuperman, Volunteer, Digital Ocean, November 2022 - January 2023
Rachel Stanik, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Raphael Brosular, Intern, Stanford University, July 2022 - August 2022
Raul Bermejo, Volunteer, Good Data Institute, September 2023 - December 2023
Renee Perpignan, Volunteer, Harvard University, March 2024 - June 2024
Riley Pittman, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Riyesh Nath, Volunteer, BlackRock, July 2022 - December 2022
Rudolf Stander, Advisor, H3D Foundation, February 2025 - June 2025
Russell Jeffrey, Volunteer, Independent, August 2023 - December 2023
Sainag Nethala, Volunteer, Splunk, April 2025 - June 2025
Samuel Maina, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Samuel Volk, Intern, Stanford University, July 2022 - August 2022
Sarima Chiorlu, Intern, Outreachy, December 2023 - March 2024
Sean Marcia, Volunteer, GitHub, December 2023 - March 2024
Sergi Xaudiera, Volunteer, Generalitat de Catalunya, November 2022 - December 2025
Shankar Pashupathy, Advisor, Twilio, July 2022 - May 2024
Simran Tandon, Intern, Stanford University, June 2023 - August 2023
Ski Sankhe, Volunteer, GitHub, October 2022 - February 2023
Su Yuen, Volunteer, Momo Central, April 2022 - June 2022
Success Shibambu, Employee, H3D Foundation, March 2024 - June 2024
Theresa Huang, Volunteer, Harvard University, October 2023 - December 2023
Tomasz Tokarczuk, Volunteer, Atlassian Foundation, March 2022 - December 2023
Vihaan Gupta, Volunteer, Harvard University, April 2025 - August 2025
Zainab Ashimiyu-Abdusalam, Intern, EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, March 2024 - June 2024
Zakia Yahya, Intern, Outreachy, May 2023 - August 2023
Zimin Qian, Intern, Stanford University, July 2025 - August 2025
How we are funded
The Ersilia Open Source Initiative is a tech non-profit organisation incorporated as a Foundation in Spain. Our mission is supported through a mix of philanthropic funding, research grants and crowdfunding.
Grants
We would not exist without the economic support received from successful competitive grants and prizes.
Plan Generación de Conocimiento, Spanish Government
Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, Spanish Government
Gates Foundation Calestous Juma awarded to Fidele Ntie-Kang (subaward)
AI2050 Schmidt Sciences awarded to Kelly Chibale (subaward)
Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator awarded to Erick Strauss (subaward)
Merck Schistosomiasis Research Grant
Mozilla Builders
The Fore support for charities
GRADIENT, GSK, Novartis and SAMRC (subaward)
Roddenberry Catalyst
SeedCorn Award
Merck Biopharma Speed Grant
Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, Spanish Government
Gates Foundation Calestous Juma awarded to Fidele Ntie-Kang (subaward)
AI2050 Schmidt Sciences awarded to Kelly Chibale (subaward)
Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator awarded to Erick Strauss (subaward)
Merck Schistosomiasis Research Grant
Mozilla Builders
The Fore support for charities
GRADIENT, GSK, Novartis and SAMRC (subaward)
Roddenberry Catalyst
SeedCorn Award
Merck Biopharma Speed Grant
Donations
We are thankful for the philanthropic support and trust on our initiative.
Astor Foundation
BlackRock Employee Award
Digital Lift Software Grant
Fast Forward
FundOSS Campaign
GitHub for Social Good
GSF Laboratory
HPE Accelerating Impact
Oakdale Trust
Okta Employee Giving
Rotary Club Banyoles
Splunk Data to Action
Splunk Pledge
UPS Giving
BlackRock Employee Award
Digital Lift Software Grant
Fast Forward
FundOSS Campaign
GitHub for Social Good
GSF Laboratory
HPE Accelerating Impact
Oakdale Trust
Okta Employee Giving
Rotary Club Banyoles
Splunk Data to Action
Splunk Pledge
UPS Giving
In-kind support
In-kind support from companies, foundations and individuals is essential to cover our operational needs, including software and hardware donations, legal support, skills-based volunteering and mentoring.
Advocates for International Development
Airtable Discount
AWS Open Data Sponsorship
Cranfield Trust
Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program
Enage4Good
GitBook for Open Source
GitHub for non-profits
Google Workspace for non-profits
Harvard Tech for Social Good
Hollie's Hub for Good
Linux Foundation
Lleal Tulsa
Microsoft 365 for non-profits
Monday.com for non-profits
Ngrok Pro for non-profits
OpenInfra Foundation
Outreachy Internships
Red Española de Supercomputación
Slack for non-profits
Splunk Pledge
Stanford Cardinal Quarter
SSI Research Software Healthcheck
Airtable Discount
AWS Open Data Sponsorship
Cranfield Trust
Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program
Enage4Good
GitBook for Open Source
GitHub for non-profits
Google Workspace for non-profits
Harvard Tech for Social Good
Hollie's Hub for Good
Linux Foundation
Lleal Tulsa
Microsoft 365 for non-profits
Monday.com for non-profits
Ngrok Pro for non-profits
OpenInfra Foundation
Outreachy Internships
Red Española de Supercomputación
Slack for non-profits
Splunk Pledge
Stanford Cardinal Quarter
SSI Research Software Healthcheck
Incubator
programs
Ersilia has participated in several incubator and accelerator programs that have helped shape our mission and vision, understand our role in the tech-for-good and global health space, and scale our impact.
Mozilla Builders Accelerator, 2024
Fast Forward Accelerator, 2022
Digital Infrastructure Incubator, 2021
Open Life Sciences, 2022
Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme, 2022
Fast Forward Accelerator, 2022
Digital Infrastructure Incubator, 2021
Open Life Sciences, 2022
Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme, 2022