Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder & CEO
  • Primary Organization 
    ResearchGate

Ijad Madisch (36) is co-founder and CEO of ResearchGate, the professional network that connects the world of science and opens research up to all. Following his own frustrations as a researcher isolated in his lab, Ijad founded ResearchGate in 2008 together with his friends, fellow physician Dr. Sören Hofmayer and computer scientist Horst

Fickenscher. ResearchGate has since grown to more than 12 million scientists around the world. Ijad earned his doctorate in the field of virology, while also studying computer science on the side. He spent several years working as a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, focusing on tissue engineering and radiology. Under Ijad's leadership, ResearchGate has attracted a group of renowned investors, including Bill Gates, Benchmark, Wellcome Trust and Founders Fund.

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Ijad Madisch is the Co-Founder & CEO at ResearchGate. Additionally, Ijad Madisch has had 1 past job as the Radiology Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Radiology ResearcherOct 2004Dec 2007
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Ijad Madisch is the Sponsor at CODE University of Applied Sciences.
Number of Events 5
Ijad Madisch has participated in 5 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, NOAH Berlin 2019 on Jun 13, 2019.