Dr. Hooper is a General Partner at Ampersand Ventures. Prior to joining Ampersand in 2002, Dr. Hooper served as executive vice president and chief technical officer of ACLARA BioSciences, a public life sciences company which he founded in 1995. From 1993 to 1995, Dr. Hooper served as a research director at Soane Technologies, Inc. From 1990 to 1993, he served in various product and business development positions at Air Products and Chemicals. Dr. Hooper currently serves as chairman of the board of RadPharm, Inc. and Magellan BioSciences, Inc., both of which are private life sciences companies. Dr. Hooper also serves on the board of Assay Designs, Inc., IBT Reference Lab, and Medifacts, and Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of ACLARA BioSciences and Cyclis Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Hooper holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. |