Matt Kelley
Drug Discovery @ Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease
- Role
- Principal Scientist at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matt Kelley
I am a neuroscientist with 12 years of experience working in early-stage drug discovery. Leader of cross-functional teams and drug development programs. Wet lab scientist and coder. Expertise in biology and assay development for neurological diseases. I enjoy working alongside passionate teams and collaborators with the aim to bring innovative and best-in-class therapies to patients.
Experience
Principal Scientist
Nov 2025 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Drug discovery programs leader in neurology rare disease. Target ID decisions -> IND enabling data• Lead lab automation integration for Alexion Genomic Medicine research
Education
Tufts University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience
UCLA
Bachelor of Science - BS, Neuroscience
Skills
- Electrophysiology
- Microsoft Excel
- Machine Learning
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Lifesciences
- Signal Processing
- Matlab
- Animal Models
- Science
- Cell Biology
- Public Speaking
- Biochemistry
- Grant Writing
- Microsoft Office
- Data Analysis
- Protein Purification
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Neuroscience
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
- Physiology
- Writing
- Financial Modeling
- Pcr
- Laboratory
- Microsoft Word
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy
- Entrepreneurship
- Statistics
- Python
- Research
- R
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