Our Senior Management
Brian S. Kersten, PhD
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance/Analytical Sciences
Dr. Kersten joined Nuvelo in 2004 and leads the company’s regulatory affairs and quality assurance efforts. Prior to joining Nuvelo, he served as vice president, regulatory affairs and quality assurance/quality control at Cygnus, Inc. where he oversaw the regulatory approval process for the GlucoWatch® G2™ Biographer and GlucoWatch® Analyzer software. In addition, Dr. Kersten has held related positions at Sano Corporation, Noven Pharmaceuticals and Searle.
He has more than 18 years of experience in the cardiovascular, oncology, thrombolytics and diabetes therapeutic areas, including in-depth experience in both U.S. and European regulatory submissions and quality assurance activities in all phases of drug development.
Dr. Kersten received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Wayne State University and his B.S. in chemistry from the University of Michigan. He has published more than 20 journal papers.