Michael F. Powell, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2005. Since 1998, he has served as Managing Director of Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capital firm. From December 1990 to June 1997, he was a Group Leader at Genentech and from September 1987 to December 1990 was Director of Product Development for Cytel Corporation, a biotechnology company. In 1993, Dr. Powell was honored as a Fellow by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. Dr. Powell is the author of nearly 100 publications and books, including a treatise on vaccine design. Dr. Powell received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Toronto in 1981 and was a postdoctoral fellow in Bio-Organic Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. |