Gabriel Ocana Santero
Working on next-generation neurotherapeutics
Experience
Career
2025Exin Therapeutics
Co-founderCEO and Co-founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2021Serotonin and BEYOND
Serotonin and Beyond Early Stage Researcher · Oxford, England, United Kingdom · 2021 – 2024
- 2023
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
NeuroAI Research Internship · London, England, United Kingdom · 2023
2020Fundación "la Caixa"
Postgraduate Studies' Fellowship Holder · Оксфорд · 2020 – 2021
2020Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CBMSO
Research Intern · Madrid y alrededores · 2020
2019Karolinska Institutet
Research Intern · Stockholm, Sweden · 2019
2018Medical University of Vienna
Research Intern · Austria · 2018
Bio
Neuroscientist with a background in biochemistry and research on gene therapy, pancreatic cancer, and muscle physiology at institutions in Boston, Vienna, and Stockholm. Earned MSc in Neuroscience and PhD in Pharmacology at Oxford Uni, focusing on neurodevelopment and the effects of SSRI anti-depressants on early patterns of neural activity. Used neuroAI models at the Gatsby Unit (UCL) to study serotonin’s role in cognition. Currently developing gene therapies for neurological conditions.