Dr. Monica de Mier is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at Nextmol. She has over 15 years of experience in Business Development in the R&D field as researcher, consultant and project leader. She holds a Master in Business Administration by ESADE Business School, a PhD in Civil Engineering by the BarcelonaTech University, and a Master degree in Computational Mechanics by the Technical University of Munich. She has worked for startups and corporates in different R&D roles, and as business development officer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, one of the largest supercomputing facility in Europe. In 2019 she co-founded Nextmol, a deeptech startup specialized in computational chemistry to accelerate the development of new chemicals. Nextmol has been recognized by the European Innovation Council as one of the most innovative companies in Europe. She has received several awards and fellowships and has been chosen as one of the entrepreneur women of reference in Spain.