Dr. Riley joined Kereos as Vice President of Development in December 2003. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Research & Development at Metaphore Pharmaceuticals, where he successfully led all of Metaphore’s research and development efforts including advancing the company’s two lead candidates into clinical trials. Dr. Riley joined Metaphore in 1999 as Vice President of Research, following a 15 year career at Monsanto, where he held several positions including Senior Science Fellow and Manager of Metal-Mediated Chemistry in Monsanto's Corporate Research Division. Prior to Monsanto he was Section Head of Process Chemistry at Procter & Gamble Corporate Technology Division. Dr. Riley holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Ohio State University and a B.S. degree in Chemistry and Mathematics from Heidelberg College, and was a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Jack Halpern at the University of Chicago. |