Scientific team

George R. Thomas, M.Pharm, PhDDirector, Research & Development

Dr. George R. Thomas has over 15 years of experience in research leadership and strategic planning for bio-pharma R&D, molecular diagnostics and therapeutic target discovery and validation. He has presented at research competitions, conferences and published in peer reviewed journals, and was awarded the Mimi and Charles Hollenberg Research award for his post-doctoral work at the University of Toronto. 

Dr. Thomas has held senior executive positions at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Research Centre, India, where he was responsible for setting up and managing several projects. Dr. Thomas has lead teams responsible for setting up invitro and invivo assays, enzyme linked Immunosorbent assays, managing outsourced studies, pharmacokinetic and toxicological studies and clinical trials. In addition he has been responsible for the scientific evaluation of various assays/technologies for license or acquisition from Industries/Academia. His services are provided to Miraculins through and agreement with CanAm Bioresearch Inc.

Dr. Thomas received his Master in Pharmacy degree and PhD from the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani, India. He received his post-doctoral training at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.