Alain P. Rolland Pharm.D. Ph.D. joined us as Vice President Product Development in August 2002 and was named Senior Vice President Product Development in April 2004. Dr. Rolland was Senior Vice President of Pre-Clinical Research and Development and Head of The Woodlands Center of Valentis Inc. from 2000 to 2002. From 1993 to 1999 he served in several positions at a predecessor company to Valentis Inc. GeneMedicine Inc. where he progressed from Director of Gene Delivery to Vice President of Research. From 1989 to 1993 he was the Head of Formulation Research at the Research & Development Center of Galderma International or CIRD in France. Prior to that he was a scientist at the Advanced Drug Delivery Research Center of Ciba Geigy Pharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom. He received his Pharm.D. D.E.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Rennes University France. Dr. Rolland holds several U.S. and European patents on advanced drug and gene delivery for medical applications. He has authored numerous publications and books in the area of nonviral gene delivery resulting from his active career in research and development. He also serves on the editorial board of several journals and he is the Editor-in-Chief of "Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology."