Richard Miller
Vice President, Head of Protein Sciences and Lead Discovery
- Role
- Vice President - Protein Sciences and Lead Discovery at Kymera Therapeutics
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Miller
Biochemical pharmacologist with extensive experience in industrial drug discovery• Experienced project team leader / member guiding multiple compounds to preclinical and clinical development• Broad expertise in the development and implementation of internal and CRO-based biochemical, biophysical, and cellular in-vitro screening assays to guide lead discovery and optimization• Demonstrated expertise spanning oncology, immunology, antibacterial, and neuroscience therapeutic areas and across multiple target classes including protein kinases and phosphatases, metabolic enzymes, nuclear receptors, proteases, DNA/RNA binding proteins, and transcription factors• Extensive experience in lead discovery leveraging fragment-based, virtual screening, DEL, mRNA display, affinity selection, targeted protein degradation, and traditional high throughput screening approaches. Subject matter expert on hit validation and characterization• Recognized leader in the application of biochemical and biophysical techniques to study protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions and the use of these data to understand cellular mechanisms of action• Strong advocate for novel technologies and approaches to accelerate the drug discovery process• Proven ability to supervise, motivate, and develop scientists at the BS, MS, and PhD levels
Experience
Vice President - Protein Sciences and Lead Discovery
Feb 2024 — Present · Watertown, MA, US
Education
University of Michigan
Postdoctoral, Biochemistry
Emory University
Ph.D., Biochemistry
Rhodes College
B.S., Chemistry
Skills
- Structural Biology
- Drug Discovery
- Biochemistry
- In Vitro
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology
- Protein Chemistry
- Laboratory Skills
- Laboratory
- Life Sciences
- High Throughput Screening
- Microbiology
- Assay Development
- Enzymes
- Lead Change
- Biotechnology
- Protein Purification
- Enzyme Kinetics
- Enzyme Assays
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