Jinbo Lee

Co-founder and CSO, Scilligence Corporation

Dr. Jinbo Lee is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Scilligence Corporation. He has extensive experience in drug discovery and development in both pharmaceutical and biotech companies with senior leadership positions. Most recently as the Head of Chemistry at Ensemble Therapeutics, he was responsible for molecule modeling/cheminformatics, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, and analytical chemistry. Prior to Ensemble Therapeutics, Dr. Lee led multi-discipline teams including medicinal chemists, X-ray crystallographers, molecular modelers, pharmacologists and DMPK scientists at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. He has also worked at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in the areas of medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry and parallel synthesis. Dr. Lee has in-depth knowledge in multiple diseases areas including oncology, metabolic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases, and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. He is an expert in research informatics, medicinal chemistry, structure-based drug design and prodrug design. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from Princeton University. He was the year 1997 recipient of Roche Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Lee has many publications in prestigious scientific journals and holds a number of patent/patent applications. He has been an invited speaker in numerous drug discovery and scientific conferences.