Thomas Cech
Chief Executive Officer
Merck & Co Inc
Germany
Biography
Dr. Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. serves as Independent Director of the Company. He has been Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry (1990-present) and Director, BioFrontiers Institute (2009-present) at University of Colorado. He is President (2000-2009) and Investigator (1988-present) at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, non-profit medical research organization. He received National Medal of Science (1995) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989).
Research Interest
Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics Drug Targeting & Drug Development Pharmaceutical Research Pharmaceutical Materials Pharmaceutical Formulations Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
