Peter is a biologist with almost 30 years industrial and academic experience in therapeutics discovery methods and their deployment, including the preclinical development of an oncology drug which went on to successful launch. He has worked across the biomedical industry in large pharmaceutical companies such as  in Merck, Sharp & Dohme and AstraZeneca, established biotech companies such as Celltech, and small start-ups such as Provalis. He has specialising in using cell biological techniques in drug discovery, especially in immunology. His last job before joining Five Alarm Bio was at Enplas, leading the biological development of a cutting-edge organ-on-a-chip technology. Peter holds a BSc from University of Liverpool (UK) and a PhD from University of Canberra (Australia).