Primary Job Title Co-Founder Primary Organization Alkeus Pharmaceuticals
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Dr. Washington is the co-founder of Alkeus Pharma. He is the Michael Jaharis Assistant Professor at Columbia University Medical Center in the Department of Ophthalmology. His research focuses on understanding how unavoidable environmental phenomena such as light, gravity, magnetic fields and diet influence and dictate human health on a molecular
level. His group uses this knowledge to better understand the origins of disease and design future medicines. Dr. Washington has published in the fields of ophthalmology, biology and chemistry, and was featured in several articles for his thought provoking scientific ideas.
Dr. Washington holds a PhD in organic chemistry from UCLA and a BA in chemistry from Bard College. He completed postdoctoral work at Columbia University and trained under the mentorship of Koji Nakanishi, Nick Turro (Columbia University), Ken Houk (UCLA) and Hilton Weiss (Bard).
