Uwe Grether

Dr Uwe Grether earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry with Professor Herbert Waldmann in 2000 at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. After that, he joined Professor James D. White’s group at Oregon State University for his postdoctoral research. In 2001, Dr Grether started at the Pharma Research and Early Development unit of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. in Basel, Switzerland. He has long-standing professional experience in drug discovery and development with a strong focus on holistic approaches toward a clinical end-goal reaching advanced stages up to phase 3 clinical trials with multiple new molecular entities. Dr Grether’s research interests include medicinal chemistry, late-stage functionalization and chemical biology.