Vito J. Palombella

Vito J. Palombella, Ph.D., has served as Infinity’s chief scientific officer since 2010. He is responsible for the company’s drug discovery and preclinical development activities. Prior to his role as chief scientific officer, Dr. Palombella was vice president, biology and then vice president, drug discovery at Infinity. Prior to joining Infinity in 2004, Dr. Palombella served as director of molecular biology and protein chemistry at Syntonix Pharmaceuticals where he was responsible for improving and expanding its core Fc receptor-mediated drug delivery technology. Before joining Syntonix, Dr. Palombella served as senior director of cell and molecular biology at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, which he joined through its acquisition of LeukoSite in 1999. Prior to its acquisition by LeukoSite, Dr. Palombella held a number of positions at ProScript, Inc. While at ProScript, LeukoSite and Millennium, Dr. Palombella was involved in the discovery and development of Velcade® (bortezomib), a proteasome inhibitor for cancer therapy. He also managed a number of additional projects, including research into NF-KB regulation. Dr. Palombella received his B.S. in microbiology from Rutgers University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in viral oncology and immunology from the New York University Medical Center. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University in the laboratory of Tom Maniatis, Ph.D.