Peter Kolchinsky

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D., is a biotechnology investor and a scientist. He cofounded and runs the Boston-based investment firm RA Capital Management; writes and teaches about biomedical entrepreneurship and its potential to transform global health; serves on the boards of several public and private drug development companies; and lives in Massachusetts with his historian/equestrian wife, strong-willed children, and reasonably well-trained dog. In addition to The Great American Drug Deal, he is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to a Biotech Startup. Dr. Kolchinsky served on the Board of Global Science and Technology for the National Academy of Sciences and writes about the biotech social contract. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in virology from Harvard University.