Matthew A. Marx BS, PhD

Dr. Marx joined Mirati in 2016 bringing over 23 years of post-Ph.D. experience in chemistry and drug discovery. Currently Vice President and head of Drug Discovery at Mirati Therapeutics, he is responsible for the creation and progression of small molecules to advance the Mirati research portfolio, overseeing synthetic and medicinal chemistry, structural biology, molecular modeling and DMPK. Prior to Mirati, Dr. Marx led the chemistry department at Takeda California, advancing medicinal chemistry efforts across oncology, immunology and metabolic diseases projects as a member of the site senior leadership team, the global chemistry leadership team and the global oncology research leadership team. Dr. Marx began his industry career in the oncology research group at Pfizer, where he worked in roles of escalating responsibility at the Groton, CT site, ultimately leading that therapeutic area chemistry group. As a project member, team leader or department head, he has been responsible for the nomination of many small-molecule development candidates and ten investigational new drugs (IND).

Dr. Marx was the Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Conference Chair in 2017 and has been active in the Chemistry in Cancer Research (CICR) working group of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), serving as an abstract reviewer, program committee member and CICR Steering Committee Member. Additionally, over the course of 4 years served as the Co-Chair of the Drugs on the Horizon symposium. Dr. Marx earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California, Berkeley, and was an NIH post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas, Austin.