Rolf W. Winter

ROLF W. WINTER, Ph.D., Vice President & Director of Chemistry Research – Dr. Winter has published numerous papers* on the fluorination of organic compounds, with a particular emphasis on the addition of the sulfurpentafluoro (SF5) moiety. Dr.Winter received his doctorate from Portland State University in the laboratory of Prof. Gary Gard (emeritus) on the topic of synthesis of sulfurpentafluoro (SF5) -organic compounds, especially of the aliphatic series. After completing his doctoral research, Dr. Winter accepted a position in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Riscoe at the Oregon Cancer Center/PVAMC as a pharmaceutical chemist for the synthesis of novel anti-malarial drugs. In 1990 Dr. Winter co-founded C. Haymond & Associates, now Wy’East, of Portland, Oregon. In January 2008, Dr. Winter and Dr. Cook launched Avant Bio Corporation, a new company that leverages expertise in bioscience, biomedicine and chemistry to develop new products for the therapeutic, bioresearch and chemical reagent markets.