Da D.

Da D. is a Senior Director of Molecular Biology and Protein Expression at Eli Lilly, specializing in protein chemistry and structural biology. They have extensive experience in protein engineering and small molecule discovery, having previously led a protein chemistry and structural biology group. Da D. completed a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Queen's University and gained experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, where they focused on small molecule aggregation in drug discovery. Their career also includes key roles at Codexis, Inc. and Frontier Medicines, where they developed capabilities for expressing and characterizing engineered biologics.