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Joshua S. Derasp is a leading researcher at the forefront of automated chemical discovery and self-driving laboratories. His work primarily focuses on integrating robotics, cloud-based computation, and closed-loop experimentation to accelerate materials and therapeutic development. Derasp’s most impactful contribution is the development of a delocalized, asynchronous, closed-loop discovery strategy for organic laser emitters, detailed in his highly cited 2024 paper (130 citations) and its 2023 precursor (16 citations). This work demonstrates how complex, multi-step synthesis and characterization workflows can be distributed across global teams and automated systems, dramatically reducing the time from design to discovery. More recently, Derasp has pioneered self-driving lab approaches for bioconjugation, introducing an automated platform for stochastic antibody-drug conjugation (ADC). This system iteratively optimizes drug-to-antibody ratios, enhancing the development of targeted cancer therapeutics. With over 149 total citations, Derasp’s innovations in cloud-enabled, autonomous experimentation are reshaping how complex chemical and biological systems are explored, making him a key figure in the next generation of accelerated scientific discovery.