Santiago Ontañón, PhD is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Drexel University and an Associate Fellow at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention. Dr. Ontañón is also a Senior Research Scientist at Google.

Dr. Ontañón's research focuses on artificial intelligence, computer games, machine learning and case-based reasoning. He has published over 90 scientific articles in these areas. Prior to joining Drexel University, he spent three years at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years as a researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) in Barcelona, Spain.