Erin Duffy, Ph.D.

Chief of Research & Development

Erin Duffy, Ph.D., is an expert in drug discovery and problem solving in the antibiotic arena. Most of her professional growth was with Melinta Therapeutics (founded as Rib-X Pharmaceuticals), where over 17 years she became Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and R&D site head. Her entry into the pharmaceutical sector began with Pfizer Central Research. Erin’s formal training was at Yale University, where she completed a Ph.D. in physical-organic chemistry and an HHMI postdoctoral fellowship in computational structural biology.