About Us

RICHARD H. EBRIGHT, PH.D. (FOUNDER, CEO)
Laboratory Director, Waksman Institute, Rutgers; 1987-
Board of Governors Professor, Chemistry, Rutgers; 2013-
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; 1997-2013
Asst. Professor to Dist. Professor, Chemistry, Rutgers; 1987-2013
Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard; 1986
20 years research on antibacterial drug discovery
185 publications; 46 issued patents

DAVID DEGEN, PH.D. (CSO, DIRECTOR-MICROBIOLOGY)
Research Associate, Rutgers; 2017-
Graduate Assistant through Postdoc, Rutgers; 1999-2017
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers; 2013
20 years microbiology research on antibacterial drug discovery
15 publications; 7 issued patents

YON W. EBRIGHT, PH.D. (DIRECTOR-CHEMISTRY)
Postdoc through Research Associate, Rutgers; 1987-2023
Ph.D., Chemistry, Brandeis; 1986
20 years chemistry research on antibacterial drug discovery
38 publications; 24 issued patents