Roopa Rai is the Founder and CEO of Isosterix. With over 25 years of experience, Roopa has held leadership positions in Discovery Research in various therapeutic areas including oncology. She has a successful track record of driving programs from discovery to IND ready compounds including six clinical candidates. Past positions included SVP, Discovery Research at Myoforte Therapeutics and Senior Director of Chemistry at Medivation and Assembly Biosciences. She is a co-author/inventor on 70+ patents and publications. She has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and has done postdoctoral research at Cornell University and Stanford University.