Gerhard Müller, PhD

Head of Medicinal Chemistry

Gerhard has a striking track record both in drug discovery and entrepreneurship. Throughout his career, Gerhard has worked on a wide range of different target classes in numerous disease areas. Gerhard’s expert knowledge in medicinal chemistry allowed him to establish novel design paradigms, proven by over 75 peer-reviewed publications and involvement of projects that translated into DC. He recently co-founded Anavo Therapeutics and prior to that he co-founded Gotham Therapeutics. Besides that, Gerhard has hold key positions at Mercachem, GPC Biotech, Axxima Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo, Bayer, and Organon.
Gerhard received his PhD in organic chemistry from the Technical University of Munich, where he worked with Prof. Dr. Horst Kessler on anti-adhesive integrin antagonists.

the Management team

CEO & Chairman

Head of Medicinal Chemistry

Head of Biology & Pharmacology

Scientific Founder

Director of Research 1st class at the CNRS, directing the multidisciplinary Chemistry & Biology, Modeling & Immunology for Therapy (CBMIT) team within the CNRS and the Université de Paris

Board Of Directors​

President and CEO, Notch Therapeutics - Independent Board member

CEO & Chairman

CEO, Domain Therapeutics - Board member

Founder & CEO of Parthenon Therapeutics - Board member

Managing partner, Kurma Life Sciences Partners - Board member

Principal, Kurma Life Sciences Partners - Board member

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Fountain Healthcare Partners - Board member

Senior Associate, Fountain Healthcare Partners - Board observer

Scientific and Clinical Advisors

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board

Stanford Univ, School of Med (US) | Rheumatology-SLE

John Hopkins Medicine (US) | Rheumatology-SLE

UMC Amsterdam (NL) | Rheumatology-SLE

Director of Research 1st class at the CNRS, directing the multidisciplinary Chemistry & Biology, Modeling & Immunology for Therapy (CBMIT) team within the CNRS and the Université de Paris

Professor of Target and Systems Biochemistry at the Faculty of Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Gardiner Professor of Biochemistry, and Deputy Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow

Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer at the University of Montréal