Company Team

Company Team

Peptide Med-Chem, Delivery and CMC

Dr. Ved Srivastava

Dr. Ved Srivastava


  • CTO at Perpetual Medicines  and Ex-VP of Chemistry at  Atkis Oncology. Previously, VP  of Peptide Chemistry at Intarcia  Therapeutics, Head of Peptide  Chemistry at GSK; and peptide  scientist at Amylin (AZ)
  • Ex-President of the American  Peptide Society (2019-2021)
  • Over 25 years of experience in  drug discovery and  development in metabolic  diseases, CNS, and  inflammation
  • Significantly participated in the  development Symlin™,  Byetta™, and Bydeureo™, first-  in-class medicines for diabetes

Structural Biology

Dr. Zongchao Jia

Dr. Zongchao Jia


  • Expert in structural biology with  over 25 years of experience in  protein structure-function  studies, kinases and  phosphatases, calcium-binding  proteins, and proteins from  human pathogens
  • Professor of Biochemistry,  Queen’s University
  • Ph.D. from University of  Saskatchewan, post-doctoral training at the  University of Oxford

Peptide Chemistry & Virology

Dr. Wuyuan Lu

Dr. Wuyuan Lu


  • Over 30 years of research  experience in antimicrobial peptides,  peptide chemistry and biochemistry, virology
  • Currently professor at Maryland  University, Greenebaum  Cancer Center
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry from  Purdue University; Postdoc  research in the Scripps Institute  and the University of Chicago

Peptide Chemistry and GPCR Drug Discovery

Dr. John Mayer

Dr. John Mayer


  • Over 30 years of experience  in natural peptide synthesis  and GPCR drug discovery  with focus on  endocrine/diabetes  therapeutics
  • Advanced six molecules into  clinical trials
  • Currently, research Scientist  in the Molecular, Cellular,  and Developmental Biology  Department at the University  of Colorado, Boulder
  • Ex-head of peptide discovery  groups of Amgen & Lilly  Research Labs. Principal  Scientist at Novo Nordisk

MD Simulation & Machine Learning

Dr. Yu-Shan Lin

Dr. Yu-Shan Lin


  • Expert in molecular dynamics  simulation and machine learning  for rapid structure prediction of  cyclic peptides on a large scale
  • Associate Professor in the  Department of Chemistry at Tufts  University with over 14 years of  research experience
  • Professor Lin’s lab focuses on  understanding and designing  structures and properties of  peptides, in particular cyclic and  other restrained peptides
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry from UW–  Madison in 2009 and postdoc  from Stanford as a Bio-X  postdoctoral fellow

Dr. Rumin Zhang

Dr. Rumin Zhang


  • 30+ yrs of successful multidisciplinary drug discovery research experience
  • Global Health Drug Research and Development Center CSO;Former Vice President of Wollastra Therapeutics and Vice President of Raphael Pharmaceuticals in the United States
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from State University of New York at Buffalo

Dr.  Weiyue Lu

Dr. Weiyue Lu


  • Director, Professor of Pharmacy, and Doctoral Supervisor of Shanghai Fukang Targeted Drug Research Center at Fudan University
  • Former Vice Dean and Party Secretary of the School of Pharmacy, Fudan University
  • Director of Shanghai Pharmaceutical Association; Project flexible cooperation expert

Dr. Philip Dawson

Dr. Philip Dawson


  • Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at Scripps Research Institute and Professor of Chemistry
  • Former President of the American Peptide Association
  • Postdoctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology

Dr. Changyou Zhan

Dr. Changyou Zhan


  • Expert of the National Youth Thousand Talents Program; Winner of the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young People
  • Professor at Fudan University;Outstanding Discipline Leader of Shanghai Health and Family Planning System
  • Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland; Project flexible cooperation expert

Dr. Gerard Manning

Dr. Gerard Manning


  • Former Director and Chief Scientist of Genentech's Bioinformatics and Computational Biology division
  • Visiting Scientist, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Stanford University
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