Richard Lin

Dr. Richard Lin founded Explora’s research services and vivarium operations. He now leads the company’s growth strategies. Richard is very active in San Diego’s biotech community, where he is on the BIOCOM CRO Initiative’s Planning Committee and sits on the Industry Advisory Board of the Southern California Biotech Center. Richard enjoys being a frequent speaker at local bioentrepreneur events.

Richard has more than 25 years of academic research and industry drug development experience, with extensive knowledge of cancer biology, metabolic diseases, and animal physiology. Prior to founding Explora BioLabs in 2004, Richard held leadership positions in research and preclinical development at Ansata Therapeutics, Genset Corporation, Corvas International, and Axys Pharmaceuticals.

Richard conducted his postdoctoral research at UC San Diego Cancer Center and received his Ph.D. in Zoology from UC Berkeley.