Karoly Nikolich

Biography

 Dr. Karoly Nikolich has been director and SAB member of several biotech companies. He served as CEO of Amnestix, Inc, between 2007 and 2010; during this time he was also US partner and advisor of dievini investments. Earlier, he was executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University. Dr. Nikolich co-founded several biotech companies, including AGY Therapeutics with Bob Swanson in 1998. He started his career in the biotech industry as a scientist at Genentech during the early 1980s where he initiated and built the company’s first neuroscience research program. Later, he was VP Research at Lynx Therapeutics (acquired by Solexa/Illumina). Dr. Nikolich is currently Consulting Professor at Stanford University Medical School and was formerly Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. As a scientist he co-authored 130 publications.

Research Interest

 neuroscience research