Darren Wakefield

Darren Wakefield has extensive experience in chemistry and analytics, holding director positions at Empirico Inc., NanoSUR, and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Darren has managed and led teams in various disciplines such as polymer chemistry, delivery strategies, and oligonucleotide synthesis. Darren has made significant contributions in making RNA triggers more nuclease resistant and optimizing new delivery platforms, resulting in improvements in potency and efficacy. Darren's expertise also includes development of polymer delivery platforms, small molecule PK modulators, conjugation chemistries, and targeting modalities. Darren holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemistry from University of Minnesota Duluth and Southwest Minnesota State University.