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Over 35 years of drug discovery experience in five therapeutic areas including neuroscience, oncology, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases and cardiovascular diseases, delivering multiple clinical candidates for clinical development; inventor of two HIV drugs at Abbott Laboratories (Norvir and Kaletra, both HIV Protease inhibitors) that were approved by the FDA and EMEA, with one of them (Kaletra) having blockbuster sales (over a billion dollars per year) every year since 2005. Named National Inventor of the Year in 1997 by Intellectual Property Owners-Washington DC; named Inventor of the year two times by the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (1997 & 2004); named Hero of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society in 2003 for the invention of Kaletra. Named the 2011 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Hawaii Alumni Association. Recipient of K. Fong Award from Chinese American Biopharmaceuticals Society in 2014 (co-recipient, Dr Ge Li of WuXi). From 2006 to 2012, led the drug discovery effort at Elan in the area of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Head of the Chemical Sciences department until November 2012. From January 2013 to July 2014 was Head of Research and pre-clinical development at PATH-a non-profit organization, responsible for finding novel therapeutics for diseases that are of particular high burden in developing countries. Over 180 publications in peer reviewed scientific journals and named inventor on 89 issued U.S. patents.Since July of 2014, started at Global Blood Therapeutics as Senior Vice President of Chemistry and member of Senior Management team. Since April of 2016, assumed role of Senior Vice President- Research, leading all drug discovery efforts (Chemistry, Biology, DMPK, Tox).Currently is the Principal of HS Consulting, providing expertise consulting in drug discovery/development. Expertise:medicinal chemistry; drug discovery;structure based drug design; project management.

Listed skills include Drug Discovery, Clinical Development, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, and 26 others.