Management Team

Dr. Hongyu Liu

Founder & CEO of Prosit Sole

PhD from University of Houston and did a postdoc at Scripps

Former Senior Scientists of Zymogenetics

Former Head of protein production in Novo Nordisk

Dr. Hongyu Liu was involved in the discovery and characterization of IL-22 and IFNλ as key distributor of molecule design and protein production & purification. Since 2013 Dr. Hongyu Liu founded Prosit Sole, a Chinese bio-tech company focusing on protein therapeutics with the most advanced programs including class II cytokines and FGFs. Dr. Hongyu Liu is Co-inventor of 65 patents.

· A highly skilled, innovative and disciplined professional with hands-on experience in project management, R&D management,  process development, regulatory documentation and process technology transfer.

· 18 years experience of R&D, production and team management in international pharmaceutical enterprises, Co-inventor of 65 patents.

Dr. Don Foster

Chief Scientific Officer

Principle Scientist

PhD Dept Biochemisty; University of Washington 1986

Executive leadership of Research programs with exceptional productivity in generating clinical and candidate drug and marketed drugs.  Key architect of genomics-driven drug discovery process.  Concise simplification of complex biology systems leading to identified therapeutic outcomes.

· 30 years in protein therapeutic drug discovery

· Experience leading early drug discovery programs to preclinical drug development

· Key role in discovery and bringing forward 4 marketed products

· Key role in discovery and bringing forward IFNl and IL22 – now in clinical development

· Expertise in cytokines, soluble receptors, agonist and antagonist antibodies

· Broad knowledge base in autoimmunity, hemostasis/hematology, and diabetes

Dr. Zhihua Zou

Vice President of R & D

Chief Biologist

Ph.D. in Genetics, Osaka University School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Research, Harvard Medical School

Professor in Jinlin University

Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch

Former Senior Scientist in Novo Nordisk

Vice President of Prosit Sole, Professor of Jilin University, Ph.D. supervisor; Expert of Education Evaluation granted by Ministry of Education, Torch Program Expert of Jilin Province, Evaluation Expert of Science and Technology Award in Hebei and Jiangxi Province; Participating in the evaluation of major new drug projects and major projects of Natural Science Foundation. Scientist in neurobiology, diabetes and ancology area.. Rich experience in drug research and development.