Ugo PASCO graduated from the University of Montpellier, where he obtained a master's degree in IDIL – Chemistry for Care, Protect and Feed, providing an interdisciplinary education with a strong connection to the research world. He completed several internships in medicinal chemistry within academic research, contributing to projects on the synthesis of therapeutic molecules for the treatment of obesity and diabetes, as well as work on the proteomics of metalloproteases. He is currently pursuing a PhD on the functional proteomics of metalloproteases as early biomarkers for osteoarthritis, under the supervision of Dr. Sonia Cantel.