St. Anton, Austria January 28-February 1, 2024
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Dr Klemens HOEGENAUER During a few industry internships as part of my undergraduate studies, I discovered that I could use my skills as a chemist to help generate novel treatment options for patients. Consequently, I focused on synthetic organic chemistry for both my PhD with Prof. Johann Mulzer in Vienna, Austria and my postdoctoral work with Prof. Steven V. Ley in Cambridge, UK. Following my original passion, I then started to work with Novartis as a Medicinal Chemist, a role that still continues to challenge me some 20+ years later. During my career, I have worked on multiple Hit-to-Lead and Lead Optimization programs across target classes and indications. For several of these medium to large multi-disciplinary teams, I was fortunate enough to serve as a chemistry project leader and to help with the identification of development candidates. One of these programs is now an approved drug (CDZ173/leniolisib, Joenja ®). These days, I enjoy mentoring, coaching, and developing junior investigators, students, and lab associates in addition to my scientific responsibilities. I have always been very keen on scientific exchange at conferences and over the years, I have developed a preference for smaller, high quality events with more opportunity for interpersonal exchange. |
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Dr Karl Heinz KRAWINKLER My name is Karl Heinz Krawinkler. I have been working with Novartis for the past 20 years. I am currently Global Program Associate Director. I completed my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Vienna, and I am currently finishing a Master degree in Medicines Development at the University of Basel. As a firm believer in lifelong learning, I completed two Diplomas in Advanced Studies (Medicines Development and Clinical Trial Management) concurrently with my successful career in research. |
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Dr Antonia F. STEPAN Antonia F. Stepan graduated from the ETH Zurich and received her Ph.D. with Professor Steven V. Ley. Following postdoctoral research with Professor K. C. Nicolaou, Antonia joined Pfizer in 2008. She served as a chemistry and research project leader on discovery programs and advanced drug candidates to clinical candidate nomination and beyond. In 2017, Antonia joined Boehringer Ingelheim as a project leader. Since 2018, Antonia is a Section Head at Roche with a focus on projects for Neuroscience disorders. Antonia is passionate about discovering treatments for neurological and immunological disorders, as well as utilizing novel technologies (e.g., C−H functionalization reactions, sp3- rich fragments) in medicinal chemistry. She has published more than 50 papers, reviews, and patents, has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences and is a strong supporter of the scientific community by being an organizer of the Alpine Winter Conference on Medicinal and Synthetic Chemistry, Synfacts Editor for the Category ‘Innovative Drug Design & Discovery’, and EFMC Council Member. |