Derun Li
Executive Director at Nimbus Therapeutics
- Role
- Executive Director at Nimbus Therapeutics
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Derun Li
A proven track record of solving complex problems to significantly impact multiple projects—Significant project leadership on building project strategy and medicinal chemistry strategy around the totality of the project: biology/tissue/safety/compound/patient/commercial potential—Made fundamental contribution to the discovery of multiple clinical compound/candidates in oncology, diabetes, and heart failure—Identify and solve complex problems through cross-functional collaboration: root cause analysis, generating testable hypotheses, rational design, innovative chemistry and leveraging internal and external cutting-edge technologies—Make rapid progress through operational excellence: create/optimize ROP and reduce design test cycle time—Build integrated high performance internal and external CRO teams through effective communication, cross-functional collaboration, promoting team’s creativity, and drive towards synergy—Identify and validate new targets to support the pipeline through cross-functional collaboration and monitoring the rapidly changing field—Extensive experience in methodology/catalysis development, complex natural product synthesis, hit-finding technologies including HTS, multi-parameter lead optimization, and structure-based drug design—Mentor chemists and scientists in other functional area to achieve their career aspiration and develop next generation leadersExternal engagement—Inventor on 4 issued patents, 20 published patent applications and co-author of 31 publications (6 corresponding author), oral and poster presentation at ACS meeting —Initiated and co-organized 2019 ACS “Dimers in drug discovery” symposium to promote using small molecule dimmer as a strategy to drug challenging target—Director of SAPA (non-profit), 2016
Experience
Executive Director
Nov 2024 — Present · US
Education
Sioc
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Lanzhou University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
1999 — 2004
Skills
- Catalysis
- Cancer Research
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- CRO
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