Director of Science and Operations
Microbiologics
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Chris Pillar, PhD; Director of Science and Operations at Micromyx
I received a B.A. with a major in Biology in 1996 from Kalamazoo College, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Wayne State University in 2001 where I studied the impact of protease and toxin the pathogenesis of Pseudomonas keratitis. I served as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Gilmore at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center and Harvard University Schepens Eye Research Institute, studying toxin expression and regulation in Enterococcus faecalis. I began my career in industry in 2007 at Eurofins Medinet where I served as Senior Scientist for five years under Dr. Daniel Sahm. In 2011, I joined Micromyx, LLC as Chief Scientific Officer and am currently the Director of Science and Operations at the same site, which has since been acquired by Microbiologics in October of 2019. In my time as both Senior Scientist at a global CRO and as the CSO/Dir. of Science and Operations at Micromyx, my primary responsibilities have been to: serve as the scientific lead on projects involving the testing and development of new antimicrobials for clients (pharmaceutical companies and biotech), manage the day to day operations of a group of scientists assigned to conduct these projects, generate final study reports, present study findings at international conferences and to standards committees (e.g. CLSI), and consult clients on development of anti-infectives (testing for IND/NDA submissions).
