Frank Witney

Biography

 Frank Witney, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2014 and was elected Chairman in July 2015. Since July 2011, Dr. Witney has served as president, chief executive officer and a director of Affymetrix, Inc, a company focused on genomics analysis, and previously served as Affymetrix's executive vice president and chief commercial officer from December 2008 to April 2009. Dr. Witney served as president and chief executive officer of Dionex Corporation, a manufacturer of chromatography systems, from April 2009 to May 2011. Previously, Dr. Witney served as president and chief executive officer of Panomics, Inc., a provider of life sciences research reagents, from 2002 to 2008. Since March 2014, Dr. Witney has served as a member of the board of directors of Cerus Corporation, a biomedical products company focused in the field of blood safety. Dr. Witney was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology from Indiana University, and a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Illinois.

Research Interest

 Microbiology Molecular Biology Cell biology