Robert B. Harris

Dr. Harris is the current Chief Financial Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of NEXT Molecular Analytics. In his previous professional positions, Harris was a co-founder of Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc, the predecessor company to NEXT Molecular Analytics, founded in 1992, and continuously served as its President, Director, and CEO. Then, Harris served as President and CSO of American International Biotechnology LLC. Until 1997, Dr. Harris was employed in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University, rising through the academic ranks to full Professor. Dr. Harris received a joint Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, and the Master’s and Doctoral degrees from New York University, in Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry.

Dr. Harris is the co-author of more than 75 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, mostly in areas of his research expertise: the role of macromolecular structure in biological function. Dr. Harris is a former Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, and is co-inventor of U.S and foreign patents.