Dr Silvana Leit

She received her MSc in chemistry and her Ph.D. in Organic Synthesis from Buenos Aires University, Argentina. Her post-doctoral work was at Ohio State University under the supervision of Professor Leo Paquette. 

She joined Nimbus in 2015 and is currently Sr Director at Nimbus in Cambridge, MA. Prior to joining Nimbus, she has leadership roles as a medicinal chemist at Galenea Corp and Methylgene Inc.

She has 22+ years of experience in medicinal chemistry. She worked mainly in the Oncology, CNS, Metabolic Diseases and Inflammation therapeutic areas, and has been involved in the discovery of various clinical candidates. She is co-author/co-inventor of peer-reviewed publications, patent applications, and presentations at major scientific meetings