Brian Safina

Company: Bolt Biotherapeutics

Job title: Vice President - Chemistry

Bio:

Brian Safina, Ph.D., serves as vice president for Bolt Biotherapeutics, where he leads chemistry and bioconjugation toward developing novel immuno-oncology therapeutics.  He joined Bolt in 2018 with over a decade of medicinal chemistry experience at Genentech.  Dr. Safina has made significant contributions to the discovery of multiple clinical candidates in the areas of oncology, immunology and neuroscience.  Dr. Safina holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, where he worked in the laboratories of K.C. Nicolaou.