Rob is EVP of drug discovery and preclinical development at Rectify Pharmaceuticals; previously he was head of molecular discovery at Disarm Therapeutics which was acquired in 2020 by Eli Lilly in a deal valued up to $1.36 billion. Robert has over 19-years of experience in drug discovery. Previously, Robert held positions at Boehringer-Ingelheim and Pfizer working across multiple therapeutic areas including cardiometabolism, neurodegeneration and immunology and target classes advancing programs from conception to the clinic. Robert is co-author / co-inventor on more than 65 publications and patents. Robert received his Ph.D., in chemistry, from the Scripps Research Institute and B.S. degree in Chemistry and Mathematics for the University of Arizona.