Geoffrey Yarranton, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Yarranton has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since October 2006. Prior to this, he co-founded Celscia Therapeutics in 2003 and served as Chief Executive Officer before merging Celscia with KaloBios in 2004. Following the merger, Dr.Yarranton led KaloBios through a $21M Series B financing. Dr. Yarranton has over 30 years of experience in the biotechnology industry working both in Europe and the U.S. Prior to co-founding Celscia, Dr. Yarranton served as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Coulter Pharmaceutical. Following the acquisition of Coulter Pharmaceutical by Corixa Corporation, Dr. Yarranton became Senior Vice President of Research and Development and Site Director of the South San Francisco site. Dr. Yarranton spent 16 years at Celltech Therapeutics in the United Kingdom, where he led their research activities as the Director of Research. Dr. Yarranton holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and a Ph.D. in the enzymology of DNA replication, from the National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom.