Donald Chickering, Ph.D., has served as Vice President, Technical Operations since February 2007 and has been responsible for process development and formulations of Acusphere's product candidates since 1997, most recently served as Acusphere's Senior Director of Process Development and Formulations, which included leading the scale-up of Acusphere's manufacturing processes from development stage through to commercial stage. Dr. Chickering oversees all activities related to engineering, process development and formulations, manufacturing and validation. Prior to joining Acusphere, he was a project leader of therapeutic drug delivery systems for Sulzer Carbomedics. Dr. Chickering holds a Ph.D. in Medical Science from Brown University and received a Bachelors of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Chickering has contributed in diverse ways to the fields of microparticles and drug delivery and is the inventor in over 25 issued U.S. patents and several pending U.S. patents. |