Timothy R. Fouts
Senior Director, Virology
Profectus BioSciences, Inc.
USA
Biography
Dr. Fouts joined Profectus in 2005 as one of the founders and the principle scientist. His responsibilities have been as a member of senior management to direct the team of scientists and technicians in the discovery and preclinical development of HIV vaccines, small molecule and antibody based antiviral therapies and microbicides that are within the Profectus research portfolio. He continues with that role as Senior Director of Virology. Dr. Fouts has 3 issued patents and numerous patent applications that form the vaccine and therapeutic technologies that are the intellectual property used to start Profectus BioSciences. Prior to joining Profectus, Dr. Fouts held a faculty position at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Fouts has more than 32 scientific publications that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Dr. Fouts received his Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (Director, Dr. David Ho) at Rockerfeller University in NYC.
Research Interest
HIV VACCINES