Dr. Murphy joined Synthetech in August 2003 as Director of Business Development. Prior to joining Synthetech, Dr. Murphy performed consulting work during 2002 and 2003 and held senior business development and product manager positions with the following fine chemicals companies: Cambridge-Major Laboratories (Director of Business Development, 2001 to 2002), Degussa Corporation (Business Development Manager, 1999 to 2001), Fisher Scientific (Senior Product Manager, 1994 to 1999) and Eastman Fine Chemicals (Chemical Products Manager, 1991 to 1994). Between 1984 and 1991, Dr. Murphy was the R&D Manager and a business development associate for Schweizerhall, Inc., a fine chemicals company in South Plainfield, New Jersey specializing in amino acid and peptide intermediates. During 1983 and 1984, Dr. Murphy conducted peptide research at The Rockefeller University, under the direction of R. B. Merrifield, a 1984 Nobel laureate. Dr. Murphy holds a B.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Toronto. |