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Kevyn Merten, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research Operations, Pradama, Inc.
502-569-1020
kmerten@pradama.com
Kevyn works closely with the MetaCyte team in his role with Pradama, a promising MetaCyte portfolio company.
At Pradama, Kevyn oversees lead optimization and preclinical evaluation of investigational compounds, and manages key relationships with opinion leaders and contract research organizations. He led the effort to establish proof of concept in three therapeutic areas, and, working with MetaCyte, helped raise $1.85M in venture capital.
Kevyn holds a bachelors degree from the University of Kentucky, and a master's and Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Louisville. He held the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Training Fellowship, and received many educational honors, including the John M. Houchens Award for Outstanding Dissertation.
Kevyn's work has been published in several peer-reviewed publications.
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