Alastair Parkes

Alastair Parkes is a seasoned Medicinal Chemist with extensive experience in drug discovery and development, currently serving at Evotec since June 2006. Initially, from 2006 to 2009, Alastair contributed to proprietary CNS drug discovery programs in Evotec's Internal Research department, later focusing on oncology programs in Discovery Collaborations from 2010 to 2013. Prior to Evotec, Alastair was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester from 2004 to 2006, collaborating with Professor John Sutherland on nucleotide and carbohydrate chemistry. Alastair began his career with summer placements at GlaxoSmithKline from 1995 to 1999. Alastair holds a D.Phil in Organic Chemistry and an M.Chem in Chemistry, both obtained from the University of Oxford.