Dr. Peter Kiener is an experienced veteran in pharmaceutical…
Peter Kiener, PH.D.
Chairman of the Board of Managers
Dr. Peter Kiener is an experienced veteran in pharmaceutical development. He previously served as Chief Scientific Officer of Ambrx Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of antibody-drug conjugates. Prior, he was President and co-founder of Zyngenia Inc., an early stage biopharmaceutical company. He held leadership roles at MedImmune, including Executive Vice President and Global Head of Biologics Research and Development, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Research, and Vice President of Research. Dr. Kiener began his career at the University of North Texas/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he was an Assistant Professor, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was a Research Associate. Dr. Kiener has served on the scientific advisory boards of KAI Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genocea Biosciences Inc., NKT Therapeutics Inc. and VLST Corporation. He has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is an inventor on more than 40 patents and patent applications. Dr. Kiener earned a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Lancaster and a Doctorate of Philosophy in biochemistry from the University of Oxford.