Zachary Hill

Zachary B. Hill, Ph.D., is SVP, Chief Scientific Officer, and co-founder of Soteria, bringing over 15 years of scientific research experience. In this role, he oversees the company’s discovery research activities and leads scientific strategy. Prior to founding Soteria, Dr. Hill was a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, where he co-invented Soteria’s LITE Switch technology. While at UCSF he was a Helen Hay Whitney Fellow, as well as the recipient of an NIH K99/R00 Transition Award from the NCI. Dr. Hill received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Washington, where he worked on the development of bivalent inhibitors of protein kinases. His research experience has been focused on the interface of proteins and small molecules, with an emphasis on developing novel therapeutics.