Chris Mathe
pharmaceutic
icagen advancing early drug discovery
Cambodia
Biography
Dr. Mathes joined Icagen from Charles River Laboratories where he led North American business development efforts for discovery services. Richie Cunningham, CEO of Icagen, stated "Chris brings to Icagen an expertise in sales, marketing and business development with extensive experience in ion channels and the general drug discovery space. We welcome Chris and his ability to connect customers with our specialty services." Prior to Charles River, Dr. Mathes was Chief Commercial Officer at ChanTest, a market leader in ion channel drug discovery and associated in vitro safety testing. Prior to ChanTest, he established and managed all aspects of the US subsidiary of Sophion Bioscience A/S (Denmark) and held positions of Vice President and General Manager. Mathes earned a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995. In 2009, he earned an Executive M.B.A. degree from Rutgers University.
Research Interest
science
