Olivier Boss

Chief Scientific Officer and Founder at Energesis Pharmaceuticals

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Olivier Boss is the Chief Scientific Officer and Founder of Energesis Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company developing novel therapies for obesity, diabetes, and related metabolic diseases. With over 30 years of experience in energy metabolism and drug development, he has led programs spanning small molecules, peptides, proteins, and cell therapies.

Trained as a biochemist and exercise physiologist, he earned his PhD in Medical Biochemistry and Physiology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, followed by postdoctoral research in Endocrinology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His scientific expertise centers on the physiology of energy balance, including the regulation of body weight, appetite, satiety, energy expenditure, and mitochondrial energetics.

Dr. Boss is an inventor on 10 issued and published patents and author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, including 10 invited reviews and a book (Pharmacotherapy of Obesity, CRC Press). He has been an invited speaker at more than 30 scientific and industry conferences.

Before founding Energesis, he held leadership roles at Novartis, Adipogenix, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, and GSK, where he contributed to drug discovery programs, multiple INDs, IPO and acquisition milestones, and the establishment of new research groups. He has secured over $10 million in NIH and DoD grants.

A former competitive cyclist and certified cycling trainer, he remains passionate about exercise physiology and continues to integrate this perspective into his scientific work.