Santiago Schnell is the Provost, Professor of Mathematics, and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology and Biomedical Data Science at Dartmouth College. He previously served as the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he was also Professor of Biological Sciences and Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics.

Schnell investigates the molecular continuum between physiological function and disease, with a focus on developing rigorous, reproducible measurement and modeling methods in the biomedical sciences. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to enzyme kinetics, including the development of the Schnell-Mendoza equation. He is a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and recipient of the Arthur Winfree Prize.

He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Mathematical Biology, the Latin American Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Biology. In addition, he has served on the editorial boards of ten leading scientific journals.