Susan Molineaux, PhD
Calithera Biosciences
Dr. Molineaux is the co-founder, President and CEO of Calithera Biosciences, a start-up company that commenced operations in June of 2010. Prior to starting Calithera, Dr. Molineaux was a co-founder of Proteolix and served as the CSO for two years before becoming President and CEO of the company. Proteolix was acquired by Onyx Pharmaceuticals in November 2009. Prior to joining Proteolix, Dr. Molineaux was Vice President of Biology at Rigel Pharmaceuticals from 2000 to 2003. Before that, she was Vice President of Biology at Praelux, and from 1994 through 1999, Dr. Molineaux served as Vice President of Drug Development at Praecis Pharmaceuticals. From 1989 until 1994 she was a scientist in the immunology group at Merck.
Dr. Molineaux holds a BS in Biology from Smith College and a PhD in Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.