Peter Nussbaumer

Peter has about 40 years of industry experience in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery starting his professional career at Sandoz/Novartis. For many years, he headed the Chemistry Department at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Vienna, Austria. Since 2008, he is Managing Director at the Lead Discovery Center GmbH in Dortmund, Germany, a translational incubator operating at the interface of academia and industry; since 2019, he is also Managing Director of the Khanu Management GmbH in Dortmund and the wings4innovation GmbH in Vienna, Austria, both acting for KHAN Technology Transfer Fund I GmbH & Co KG, a financing vehicle to translate excellent basic research into professional drug development and commercialisation. Peter is member of several international scientific advisory boards and serves as advisor to private and public funding bodies. He is (co)author of more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and more than 35 patent applications, referee to various journals, and holds a Dr. degree in organic chemistry from the TU Vienna, Austria.