2007-2013
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, RAPID Pharmaceuticals, AG. Developing medicines for important diseases.
1994-2006
Research Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Research in neuropharmacology, Neuro-AIDS, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, clinical trials of peptide T.
1991-1994
Research Director, Advanced Peptides and Biotechnology Sciences.
Developing Peptide T for HIV. Lectured world-wide on the role of emotions in physiology/health.
1992-1994
Visiting Professor, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey.
Basic research on the mechanism of HIV pathogenesis in women and children with AIDS.
1987-1991
Chairman of the Board, Integra Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Chairperson of a nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to the development of therapies for AIDS and other diseases.
1987-1990
Scientific Director, Peptide Design L.P., Germantown, Maryland.
Directed 30 scientists specializing in the creation and testing of potent new drugs based on the field of peptide receptor pharmacology.
1987-1990
Guest Researcher, Section on Brain Biochemistry, Clinical Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Supervised four scientists on research on the etiology of schizophrenia.
1982-1987
Chief, Section on Brain Biochemistry, Clinical Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Supervised a Section of 8-15 employees and visiting scientists.
1978-1982
Research Pharmacologist, Section on Brain Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1977-1978
Senior Staff Fellow, Section on Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1975-1977
Staff Fellow, Section on Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1974-1975
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Developed receptor autoradiography with Michael J. Kuhar.
1971-1974
Research Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Graduate Student Doctoral dissertation: The Opiate Receptor: Its Demonstration, Properties and Distribution.
