Scientific Advisory Board

Eugene Davidson, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Cell And Molecular Biology, Georgetown University and co-inventor of Adlyfe's technology for the detection and amplification of protein misfolding using conformationally sensitive ligands.

Ken A Dill, PhD - Professor of Biophysics and Associate Dean of Research, School of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco. Dr. Dill studies the physical properties of proteins and aqueous solvation using statistical mechanics and computational biology. He is also co-founder of Simprota, a company that models proteins, peptides, and other foldable polymers.

Michael Hecht, PhD - Professor, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University. Dr. Hecht's research is focused in two areas: (i) Design, construction, and folding of novel proteins; and (ii) Alzheimer's disease: Molecular underpinnings of peptide misfolding/aggregation and the search for new therapeutics.

Sidney A Simon, PhD - Professor of Neurobiology and Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. With a primary interest in biophysics, Dr. Simon investigates the structural, mechanical, and adhesion properties of membranes. In addition, he has investigated how various channel forming peptides (e.g., melittin) and proteins (e.g., TRPV1) interact with membranes and how their function is modulated in membranes of different compositions.

David B. Teplow, PhD - Professor of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Brain Research Institute and Molecular Biology Institute, at UCLA. Dr. Teplow studies the physical biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on amyloid beta-protein oligomers and their role in Alzheimer's Disease.

Richard Thompson, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Thompson's research focuses on optical and fluorescent sensors for clinical and diagnostic use.