Phillip S. Low

Dr. Philip S. Low is the Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University. Dr. Low has spent over >40 years designing targeted imaging and therapeutic agents for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. He has published >550 scientific articles (H-index of 116) and has >150 US patents/patents pending. Eight drugs from Low’s lab are currently undergoing human clinical trials, two of which recently (Cytalux and Pluvicto) received approval by the FDA. To accelerate the development of his drugs, Low has founded seven successful companies (Endocyte Inc., OnTarget Laboratories Inc., Umoja Biopharma, Morphimmune Inc., Novosteo Inc., Eradivir Inc., and ErythroCure Inc.). Low has also been recognized with many national and international awards, including the AACR Award for Chemistry in Cancer Research, the ACS Award for Cancer Research (Sosnovsky Award), the ACS Award (Esselen Award) for Chemistry in the Public Interest, and an NIH MERIT Award among many others. Dr. Low received his B.S. in Chemistry from BYU (1971) and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UCSD (1975).