Colin McKinlay, PhD

Senior Director, Chemistry and Delivery Technology at Nutcracker Therapeutics

Dr. Colin McKinlay is the Senior Director of Chemistry and Delivery technologies at Nutcracker Therapeutics and oversees projects related to Nutcracker's Nutshell delivery platform. Dr. McKinlay has over 8 years of expertise in oligonucleotide delivery both at Nutcracker and through is doctoral research at Stanford University with Professors Paul Wender and Robert Waymouth. This research involved preparation of synthetic delivery vehicles through organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization, and their characterization and in vitro and in vivo evaluation for the delivery of DNA, RNA, and other biological macromolecules. He holds 6 patents and 8 peer-reviewed publications on chemical delivery technologies.