Scientific team

Stephan J. Frost, PhDDirector, Research and Development

Dr. Frost joins Miraculins following 15 years of experience with Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics Division.  During his tenure at Abbott, Dr. Frost was responsible for the evaluation of oncology assays available for license or acquisition from university and industry sources.  Additionally, Dr. Frost was the project manager for numerous high-profile projects in the area of cancer, fertility and infectious disease diagnostics, and was responsible for the design and execution of feasibility and validation studies while supporting the manufacturing and quality control functions for the project.  Dr. Frost was also responsible for building and managing various dynamic teams for the achievement of development goals related to the project.  Of further note, Dr. Frost developed an algorithm during his time at Abbott which demonstrates the ability to improve on the detection accuracy of a panel of lung cancer biomarkers.

Prior to joining Abbott Dr. Frost worked for NASA at the Johnson Space Center.  Dr. Frost has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Texas and was awarded the Gip A. Hudson Memorial Prize for Research and the James E Beall II Memorial Scholarship.  Dr. Frost had previously worked with Miraculins as a consultant before assuming a full time position with the Company.