Board of Directors
Jean-Pierre Wery, Ph.D.
Director & Co-Founder
Jean-Pierre Wery, Ph.D., is Co-Founder, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sidewinder Therapeutics. Prior to joining Sidewinder Therapeutics, Dr. Wery served as Chief Technology Officer for JSR Life Sciences, a global company dedicated to the development and use of innovative technologies to de-risk and accelerate drug discovery and development. Prior to JSR, he worked at Crown Bioscience, a leading clinical research organization (CRO) in pre-clinical and translational research, as President and then as CEO. He also served as the Vice President for Computational Drug Discovery at Vitae Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Allergan). Earlier in his career, Dr. Wery spent 12 years at Eli Lilly and Company in various scientific and management positions. Dr. Wery received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Liège, Belgium. Following his Ph.D., he did postdoctoral studies at Purdue University with Prof. Jack Johnson.