Daniel J. Kerkman

Daniel J.
Kerkman, Ph.D., joined the Company in August 1993 as Group Leader of Chemistry and now serves in his role of Vice President, Research.
Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Kerkman spent thirteen years at Abbott Laboratories where he began his career as a research chemist initially in the cardiovascular area followed by several positions within both the immunoscience and neuroscience areas.
A series of promotions ended with his position as the Project Leader in Adrenergic research within the Pharmaceutical Products Division supervising a 35 person staff.
During his tenure, a number of IND candidates were identified.
Dr. Kerkman received his Ph.D.
degree from MIT in 1979 and worked one year as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at MIT.
He is co-author on more than 40 scientific publications and holds 16 U.S.
patents.