Klaus Baek Simonsen

Biography

Dr. Klaus Bæk Simonsen is VP and Global Head of Discovery Chemistry, DMPK and Molecular Screening at Lundbeck. Klaus started his career at Lundbeck in 2005 as principal scientist in Medicinal Chemistry Research, became Section Leader in 2006, Divisional Director of Medicinal Chemistry Research in 2008 and Divisional Director of Global Discovery Chemistry and DMPK in 2012. Prior to joining Lundbeck, Klaus was employed at Anadys Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, California from 2000 to 2004 as Principal Scientist and Project leader overseeing collaborations with Roche. From 2004-2005 he was Associate Professor at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Danish Pharmaceutical University, Copenhagen. Dr. Simonsen holds a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from University of Southern Denmark. Klaus was Post Doc at Aarhus University under the guidance of Professor K.A. Jorgensen (1998-1999) and research fellow under the mentorship of Professor K.C. Nicolaou at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California (1999-2000). Klaus is the author or co-author of more than 45 international peer reviewed publications and inventor or co-inventor of more than 15 patents. Klaus has more than 15 years’ experience in drug discovery and medicinal chemistry, which has resulted in the nomination of more than 10 drug candidates to preclinical and clinical development for many different target classes.

Research Interest

 Microbiology