Upload
others
View
2
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
Director since 2009
Committees: Audit | Research (chair)
Experience
Dr. Cech has extensive scientific expertise relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, including being a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and a Professor at the University of Colorado. In addition, his role as the former president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides Dr. Cech with extensive managerial experience with direct relevance to scientific research.
Career highlights
University of Colorado
• Distinguished professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry (1990-present)
• Director, BioFrontiers Institute (2009-present)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
non-profit medical research organization
• President (2000-2009)
• Investigator (1988-present)
Awards
• National Medal of Science (1995)
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)