Ricardo Medina-García, known as Rick among his friends, is originally from Santa Clara, Cuba. He earned his degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas (UCLV) in 2021 and a Master’s in Sustainable Drug Discovery from Ghent University.

As part of his postgraduate studies, Ricardo completed his Master’s thesis in Sandy Schmidt’s research group at the University of Groningen in 2025, where he investigated PLP-dependent enzymes forming Cγ–X bonds for the development of new enzymatic cascades for the formation of ester and amide bonds.