Marnie Peterson

Marnie started her career as an academic scientist and clinician. Through her 20 years of experience, her work has evolved into an inventor and developer of therapeutics. She holds expertise in experimental and clinical pharmacology and microbial pathogenesis, with a focus on the development of new therapeutics for infectious diseases. Before joining Hennepin Life Sciences, Dr. Peterson was tenured faculty at the University of Minnesota Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. At the University, she successfully established a research program and was granted over $9 million dollars from the NIH, DOD, and various foundations and industrial partners. She holds a significant patent portfolio for her discoveries, one of which served as the basis for the establishment of Hennepin Life Sciences. She earned a Ph.D. in Infection from the University of Birmingham, Medical School, United Kingdom, and Pharm.D. and B.S. degrees from the University of Minnesota.