Dr. Ed E. Moret studied pharmacy in Utrecht and finished in 1988. In 1993 he finished his Ph.D. in Utrecht on a study of calculations and simulations of DNA-alkylating cytostatics. During a stay at the group from prof. Olson, Molecular Biology department of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla (San Diego, California, USA), he carried out research on the molecular recognition of antigens by antibodies with computer docking using the Autodock programme developed in this group.

In 1994 he was employed at the department of Medicinal Chemistry at Utrecht University as assistant professor. His expertise is in the field of computational medicinal chemistry, computer-aided drug discovery, cheminformatics and bioinformatics. Molecular recognition still is his primary interest, particularly in the field of immunology and he has supervised several Ph.D. and master students.

Ed Moret has taught courses for students of pharmacy, chemistry, UCU and (bio)medical sciences, as well as Ph.D. courses in bioinformatics and computer-aided drug discovery. He has his BKO- teaching qualification since 1998, his SKO- teaching qualification since 2008, and he participated in the “Centre of Excellence in University Teaching” class of 2005-2006.

In 2001 he switched to educational management. He developed and managed the master’s programme Drug Innovation, the profile Drug Regulatory Sciences as well as the Honours programme Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2010 he switched to research management. He is managing director of the research institute UIPS, with five divisions, 50 PI’s and 180 PhD candidates.

Ed Moret was member of the editorial board of the journals Medicines and Conceptuur for Dutch medicine research and he was secretary of the Board of FIGON (2016-2025), secretary of the Raad voor de Farmaceutische Wetenschappen (2024-2025) and member of the Board of Stichting Farmaceutische Erfgoed (2024-).