I am currently Vice President, Academic Relationst at Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center Inc. at Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center involved in development and leadership of medicinal chemistry partnerships with academic and biotech researchers to advance chemical hits to viable preclinical drug candidates and obtaining funding for early stage opportunities in drug discovery and development. I was most recently Senior Director of Medicinal Chemistry with strong leadership and matrix management experience at Pfizer/Wyeth. I mentored and guided the efforts of up 31 medicinal chemists and worked successfully with outside alliance partners in the design and synthesis of novel agents for various drug discovery programs (hit to Preclinical Development). I was directly involved in bringing forward nine development track candidates (phase 0 and beyond). I have excellent external scientific and technical exposure based on 74 papers authored/co-authored and inventor on 74 U.S. Patents.Therapeutic Area Experience: Cardiovascular (atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia), Women’s Heath (contraception, osteoporosis, fibroids, endometriosis, fertility), Tissue Repair (osteoarthritis, dermal conditions), Inflammation, Metabolic Disorders (type II diabetes, diabetic complications), Neuroscience (cognitive disorders)Specialties: Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Parallel Synthesis, Drug Design, Structure-Based Drug Design, Hit to Lead, Structure-Activity Relationship, Structure-Property Relationship, Pharmacology and ADME/PK Optimization, Medicinal Chemistry Management