Dr. Nichols brings over 20 years of experience in the life sciences. Prior to joining the Resolvyx team in August, 2007, he was vice president of therapeutics at CombinatoRx, Inc. In that role, he led a team of program executives overseeing all R&D programs from discovery through phase II development across a range of therapeutic areas including inflammation, metabolic disease, dermatology, and ophthalmology, and played an integral role in business development. Previously, Dr. Nichols was a consultant at Braun Consulting, a healthcare- focused consulting firm (now acquired by Fair Isaac), where he advised senior executives in the biopharmaceutical industry on commercialization and development strategy. Dr. Nichols graduated from Columbia University Summa Cum Laude with BA in Philosophy and earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. He was subsequently a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow in neurobiology at Stanford University.