Profile

Accomplished drug discovery leader with twenty years of pharmaceutical industry experience in the discovery and early development of small molecule therapeutics in oncology, inflammation, CNS, and other therapeutic areas. Ability to successfully deliver projects to achieve research and company goals including clinical trials, IND-enabling studies, and partnerships.

Education

Ph.D. , Medicinal Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 

Dissertation: Novel Antithrombotic Compounds: Synthesis, Stereochemistry, and Structure-Activity Relationships of Antiplatelet 3-Carbamoylpiperidines

Patents & Publications

Over 40 published patent applications and 20 US granted patents

37 publications