Robert B. Harris, PhD, President & CSO

Dr. Harris has served continuously as the President of AIBioTech (formerly CBI Services) since co-founding the company in 1992 with three partners. For 2000-2007, Harris was Chief Executive Officer, and he also served as a Director of the Company from 1997-2008. Until 1997, Dr. Harris was employed in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University, rising through the academic ranks to full Professor. Dr. Harris received a joint Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, and the Master's and Doctoral degrees from New York University, in Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry. Dr. Harris is the co-author of more than 75 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, mostly in areas of his research expertise: the role of macromolecular structure in biological function. Dr. Harris is a former Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, and is co-inventor of US and foreign patents.