Jeffrey N. Miner has held management and executive leadership positions in pharmaceutical and life science companies for more than 20 years.  He has extensive biotech and pharmaceutical experience spanning discovery, preclinical, translational and clinical development.  He currently serves as founder and Chief Scientific Officer for Viscient Bio Inc., a position he has held since 2017.  Prior to founding Viscient, Dr. Miner was Executive Director of Biology at AstraZeneca from 2013 to 2017, and Senior Director of Ardea Biosciences, a member of the AstraZeneca group, from 2008 to 2013. From 1993 to 2007, he was Head of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Miner is currently a Faculty Advisor and Molecular Biology Institute Associate at San Diego State University, and is a Board Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for ARTA Bioscience.  Jeff completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California San Francisco in 1993 on glucocorticoid receptor gene regulation in Keith Yamamoto’s laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1989 from Oregon State University conducting graduate research in Virology in Dennis Hruby’s laboratory and he received his B.S. degree in Biology from The College of Idaho in 1984.  Dr. Miner has drug discovery experience in the Inflammation, Oncology, Endocrine, Hepatology and Cardiovascular therapeutic areas and his work has led to, or enhanced, the development of multiple marketed medicines. His target areas of expertise include Nuclear Receptors, Kinases and Transporters. He has published over 70 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and is an inventor on multiple patents.