Samuel ChackalamannilDr. Samuel Chackalamannil obtained his Ph. D. in Chemistry from Yale University in 1984 and subsequently worked in drug discovery research at Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck Research Laboratories, where he was a Distinguished Fellow when he lef in 2011. Since then, he has been teaching at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Dr. Chackalamannil led the discovery of vorapaxar (Zontivity(R)), an FDA approved antiplatelet drug for the prevention of heart attack and stroke. His group also discovered a PDE-5 inhibitor clinical candidate dasantafil and an adenosine A2a antagonist clinical candidate for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Dr. Chackalamannil is a two-time recipient of the Thomas Alva Edison Award for Emerging Technology Patent and a two-time recipient of the Presidential Award for Discovery at Schering-Plough Research Institute. Dr. Chackalamannil is a co-inventor of 61 allowed US patents and numerous patent applications worldwide. He has published 82 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, has co-authored a book and has given numerous lectures at international meetings and academic institutions. Dr. Chackalamannil has served as a section editor for Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and he has chaired several sessions at American Chemical Society National Meetings and Gordon Research Conference on Medicinal Chemistry. Read More Read Less