Neil Castle, PhD, has served as Icagen’s Vice President of Biology/Research since March 2016 and is a member of the senior leadership team overseeing the company’s biology activities. Prior to 2015, Icagen was part of Pfizer’s Neuroscience and Pain Research Unit, where Dr. Castle was Director of Biology and a member of the Pain Research Unit leadership team. Dr. Castle helped found the company and has taken on increasing levels of responsibility, including direct responsibility of leading multiple partnered programs. Dr. Castle previously was a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and received his Bachelor of Science and Doctorate in Pharmacology from University College London.