Hayden R. Schmidt

Hayden R. Schmidt is a Principal Scientist at IAVI, specializing in AMR Immunotherapeutics since April 2021, following progressive roles in antibody discovery and development. Prior experience includes a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Richard Benton's laboratory at the University of Lausanne, focusing on insect chemoreceptors, and a PhD candidacy at Harvard University under Andrew Kruse, where structural pharmacology of sigma receptors was explored. Academic foundations were built at Whittier College with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Chemistry, complemented by undergraduate research assistance at the University of California, San Diego, concentrating on zebrafish models for pesticide toxicity.