Longevity

Diogo Barardo, PhD

Head of R&D · NOVOS Labs

NOVOS Head of R&D applying aging databases, machine learning, and geroscience to longevity formulations

About

Diogo Barardo, PhD is Head of R&D at NOVOS Labs, where he helps translate academic aging research into formulations, trials, and product evidence. His background spans a PhD in Biochemistry from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, an MSc in Biophysics and Bionanosystems from Universidade do Minho, and postdoctoral work at the NUS Centre for Healthy Longevity under Brian Kennedy. Before NOVOS, he contributed to core geroscience infrastructure including DrugAge, Geroprotectors.org, and the Human Ageing Genomic Resources ecosystem.

What to Know

Signature approach

Barardo's R&D lens is computational first, then product translation. He helped build curated databases of lifespan-extending compounds and co-authored machine-learning work for predicting geroprotective candidates. At NOVOS, that background maps to screening ingredients, stacking mechanisms across the hallmarks of aging, and connecting supplement formulations to model-organism and human-study evidence.

What sets them apart

  • DrugAge co-creator. DrugAge is one of the core databases for aging-related compounds.
  • Machine-learning angle. His publication record includes work predicting lifespan-extending compounds from curated datasets.
  • Brian Kennedy lab connection. Postdoctoral work at NUS places him inside a major geroscience network.
  • Publication footprint. Google Scholar listed 1,829 citations at capture, with work across Aging Cell, Aging, Nucleic Acids Research, Developmental Cell, GeroScience, and eLife.

Affiliations

NOVOS LabsPrimary

Head of Research

Thought Leadership

Publications

Notable Collaborators

  • Brian Kennedy · Postdoctoral supervisor, Centre for Healthy Longevity (NUS); aging biology
  • João Pedro de Magalhães · Longevity databases (HAGR, DrugAge, Geroprotectors.org)
  • Jan Gruber · C. elegans aging biology, geroscience
  • Robi Tacutu · Aging genomics databases (HAGR, SynergyAge)

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