Gene Kinney is the President and CEO of Prothena and had served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientific Officer. Kinney is a member of Prothena’s founding leadership team, and held the position of Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research and Development. Before joining Prothena, he was senior vice president at Elan Pharmaceuticals and held several senior positions at Merck Research Laboratories and Bristol Myers Squibb, and was an Assistant Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine.

Kinney earned his BA from Bloomsburg University and his MA and PhD from Florida Atlantic University.