Frank Schweizer
Frank Schweizer is a Professor of Chemistry in the Departments of Chemistry and Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba. He received his diploma from the University of Freiburg in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Alberta in 1998. He conducted postdoctoral work as a Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Nogushi Institute in Tokyo and also at the University of Alberta before starting his independent career in 2002. His research is focused on preclinical drug discovery and development. He has coauthored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and holds over 10 patents.