Denton Hoyer

Dr. Hoyer has been involved in drug discovery at leading pharmaceutical companies and research institutions for the past 30 years. He was a researcher at Pfizer and Novartis, and most recently, director of Chemistry for the Yale Center of Molecular Discovery, where he led a team of scientists collaborating with Yale investigators to translate academic research into novel therapies for diseases. Dr. Hoyer also holds numerous patents and has been published extensively in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug research. He has unparalleled expertise in computational chemistry-enabled probe molecule design, drug design and optimization, synthetic planning and execution, evaluation of chemical novelty and intellectual property.