Personnel and Research Team
«John Kopchick, Founder, Principal Investigator, and Chief Scientific Officer»
«Wolf Vedder, Co-Founder and Managing Partner»
«Steve Kirchner, Chief Operating Officer»
«Research Team»
John Kopchick, Ph.D.
Founder, Principal Investigator, and Chief Scientific Officer
Career Highlights
John has been affiliated with Ohio University since 1987. His current position is The Milton & Lawrence H. Goll -
Ohio Eminent Scholar Endowed Professorship in Molecular Biology. He has more than
three hundred publications and published abstracts,
15 patents, including 5 on Growth Hormone Antagonists, a novel drug discovered in his group. He has made numerous presentations
both nationally and internationally. Prior to joining the university, John spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the
Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, New Jersey and then five years (1982-1987) as the Group Leader of Molecular Biology
at the Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories in Rahway, New Jersey.
Education and Affiliations
Ohio University
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Professor
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Faculty Affiliate
Education
- 1982 - Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Postdoctoral training in Molecular Virology
- 1980 - The University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, MD Anderson Hospital - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
- 1975 - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, M.S., Biology and Chemistry
- 1972 - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Biology
Wolf Vedder
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Career Highlights
Wolf is the President and CEO of Simmons Vedder & Co., a
real estate development and investment company that is active in Texas, Washington, Atlanta, Florida, and Colorado.
Prior to 1991, Wolf was a senior partner with the Trammell Crow Company.
Education and Affiliations
Harvard Business School, MBA
University of Illinois, A.B., High Honors
University of Texas Real Estate Finance & Investment Center - Council Member
Urban Land Institute - Member
Steve Kirchner, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
Career Highlights
Prior to Diathegen, Steve worked as a senior level manager in research and development in large global healthcare and
consumer products companies for 21 years (Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois and Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH).
He spent 11 years at Abbott. He was the Director of Strategic Research for the Ross Products Division where he had
global responsibility for longer-term research related to infant and disease specific medical nutritionals and pediatric
pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, he was the Director of Analytical Research and Development. While at
Procter & Gamble he was the Director of Product Development for the Richardson Vicks Division, Wilton,CT.
Prior to that, he had a variety of experiences in basic research, drug development, quality assurance in other
healthcare divisions of the Company.
Education and Affiliations
University of Arizona, Ph.D., Chemistry
St. John's University, B.A., Chemistry
Research Team
Ryan Clark
Karen Coschigano, Ph.D.
Elahu Gosney
Bruce Kelder, Ph.D.
Doug Kohn, Ph.D.
Edward List, Ph.D.
Shigeru Okada, Ph.D.
Sudha Sankaran