Primary Job Title Chief Scientific Officer and Company Cofounder Primary Organization Escient Pharmaceuticals
Location San Diego, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Dr. Boehm has served as our Chief Technology Officer since October 2011, as well as our Vice President of Chemistry from May 2009 to October 2011, and he is a Co-Founder.
From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Boehm served as the Vice President of Chemistry for Apoptos, Inc., which we acquired in May 2009.
From 2006 to 2007, Dr. Boehm held the position of
Senior Director of Chemistry at Biogen Idec with responsibility for multiple medicinal chemistry programs and served as the head of chemistry for the San Diego site.
Dr. Boehm formerly served as Vice President of Chemistry at Conforma Therapeutics until its acquisition by Biogen Idec in 2006.
Prior to joining Conforma, Dr. Boehm held various positions with progressing responsibility in medicinal chemistry at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, where he led chemistry efforts on multiple intracellular receptor (IRs) programs.
Dr. Boehm received a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from State University of New York Stony Brook and completed a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University.
