Richard Scheller
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| Name | Richard Scheller |
| Gender | Male |
| Aliases | Richard H. Scheller, Ph. D., Richard H Scheller |
| Description | Richard Scheller is executive vice president, Research. In this role he is responsible for setting strategy for Genentech's research and drug discovery activities. He also serves on Genentech's Research Review Committee, Product Portfolio Committee and Capital Governance Committee. Scheller is a member of Genentech's executive committee. Scheller joined Genentech in 2001 as senior vice president, Research and was promoted to executive vice president, Research in September 2003. Prior to joining Genentech, Scheller was appointed to the esteemed position of professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Biological Sciences in 1993 and as an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1994. Scheller received his first academic appointment to Stanford University in 1982. Scheller's work has earned him numerous awards, including the 1997 National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has served on numerous advisory boards, including the National Advisory Mental Health Council of the National Institutes of Health. He has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He received his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and was awarded his doctorate in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology where he was also a postdoctoral fellow, Division of Biology. Scheller was also a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University, College of Physicians Surgeons. |
| Birth |
Oct 30 1953
Milwaukee |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Occupation | Teacher |
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