Marc Thommen
Head of Chemistry
Pharmaceuticals
Polyphor
Switzerland
Biography
Following his postdoctoral studies, Dr. Marc Thommen worked at the catalysis R&D department of Novartis in Basel and took over responsibility as lab head in the course of the spin-off of the Scientific Services department in 1999, which led to the foundation of Solvias AG. From 2000 until 2003 he managed numerous customer projects associated with preclinical and Phase 1 material supply, and later led the catalysis and chiral ligand commercialization project. In 2005 he was appointed head of the product management team for the Solvias company. Dr. Marc Thommen received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Bern in 1995 under the direction of Prof. Dr. Reinhard Keese. From 1996 to 1997 he studied in the group of Prof. Dr. Barry M. Trost at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow.
Research Interest
Business
