Michael V. Milburn

Dr. Milburn serves as CEO and President at GeneCentric, joining the company in 2018 as Chief Scientific Officer. Prior to joining GeneCentric, Dr. Milburn was the CSO at Metabolon since 2005, leading the development and growth of the company’s successful research and development organization. In addition to overseeing R&D, he played an integral role in establishing high value scientific and commercial partnerships. Prior to Metabolon, he served as Senior Vice President of Research and Corporate Development at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals and Senior Vice President of Research at Plexxikon. He also held senior research positions at Structural Genomix (VP of Structural Biology); and GlaxoWellcome (Department Head of Structural Chemistry). Dr. Milburn has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and received his PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School.