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I am a versatile therapeutic discovery expert with strong people and project management skills. I have extensive experience evaluating, developing, organizing, and leading drug discovery activities, from early discovery through to IND enabling studies. I am an enthusiastic and effective team builder, leader, and collaborator with an aptitude for critical thinking and strategy. I have established, grown, and led successful teams of protein scientists, structural biologists, and computational chemists, and I capably communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with multiple related disciplines. I find joy in overcoming challenging drug discovery projects with the potential for significant impact on human health. My success in translating scientific research into real-world therapeutic solutions is well-documented in my strong patent and publication record.Key experience and competencies:• Drug Discovery Leadership: Extensive experience evaluating new projects, creating initial strategies and budgets, coordinating stakeholders, and hands-on project leading, from early discovery through to IND enabling studies. Comprehensive experience in all aspects of small molecule therapeutics, robust interest and evolving experience with biologicals and therapeutic cargo delivery systems.• Interdisciplinary and Interorganizational Collaboration: Adept at working seamlessly with cross-functional teams including protein sciences, computational chemistry, antibody discovery, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, and pharmacology, as well as managing stakeholder relations across academic, industrial, philanthropic, and venture partners.• Broad experience across therapeutic areas: Extensive experience in oncology and infectious disease, substantial exposure to cardiovascular and metabolic/rare disease therapeutic research.• Industrial-scale structure-assisted drug design and Protein Engineering: Extensive experience establishing productive and efficient structural biology capabilities via X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, and other structural informatics means, enabling projects for structural studies in support of therapeutic discovery, and interpreting structural data for rational therapeutic design and protein engineering.