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W. Christian Wigley, Ph.D. (Founding Scientist) is the Director of Research at Reata. Dr. Wigley is co-inventor of Reata's pioneering "RPM" drug discovery platform and is recognized as a leader in the field of protein misfolding and disease. Prior to joining Reata, Dr. Wigley was a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, where he championed the design and development of assays to monitor protein misfolding associated with a variety of pathologies. Dr. Wigley received a B.S. in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas Tech University. His post-doctoral training was conducted in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Physiology at UT Southwestern. | 