Phil Baran

Phil Baran, PhD, is co-founder of Sirenas, overseeing the chemical synthesis of complex marine molecules into viable therapeutic candidates. Dr. Baran is a Chemistry Professor and holds the Darlene Shiley Chair at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), where he runs an industrious lab focused on natural product synthesis. The organic chemist is recognized globally for the strides he has made in creating scalable, economical synthetic routes for the most complex compounds. Among many honors, in 2013 he was selected as a MacArthur Fellow for his work on the total synthesis of complex molecules for cancer treatment. Dr. Baran earned his doctorate from TSRI under K.C. Nicolaou and his bachelor of science from New York University. He was a postdoctoral associate under E.J. Corey at Harvard University before joining the faculty at TSRI. His scientific papers have appeared in Nature, Science, Angewandte Chemie, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, among others.