Valerie Calabro

Valerie Calabro has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of research and discovery. Valerie currently holds the position of Vice President Research & Discovery at Molecular Partners, where they have been working since April 2023. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Director, Group Leader Research and Director at the same company. Valerie started their tenure at Molecular Partners as an Associate Director Lead Generation in April 2015 and held the position until March 2017.

Before joining Molecular Partners, Valerie worked as a Director at SiaMed'Xpress from March 2011 to December 2013. Valerie also held the position of Research Laboratory Head at Boehringer Ingelheim from August 2009 to March 2011.

Valerie's earlier work experience includes the position of Senior Research Scientist at Wyeth Research from January 2007 to June 2009. During this time, they developed and optimized new protein scaffolds, provided expertise in protein structure and protein-protein interaction, and led a program in the pre-exploratory stage.

Valerie started their career as a Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSF - Department Biophysics & Biochemistry - Frankel Lab in December 2003 and continued until September 2006. Prior to that, they worked as a Ph.D. Student at the same institution from October 1998 to October 2003, where they conducted comparative studies of RNA-protein interactions and determined the structure of an RNA-peptide complex. Valerie also worked as a Postgraduate Researcher at UCSF - Department of pharmaceutical chemistry from February 1997 to September 1998.

Overall, Valerie Calabro's work experience demonstrates their expertise and contributions in the field of research and discovery in multiple roles and organizations throughout their career.

Valerie Calabro completed a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Organic Synthesis and Modeling of Bioactive molecules from Aix-Marseille University in the academic year 1995-1996.