Alan Mueller, PhD, RPh, Vice President of Research

Alan is Vice President of Research at Navigen. He brings over 25 years of industry experience to Navigen.  Alan was a research scientist for 5 years in Neuroscience Drug Discovery at Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Illinois.  He then spent 19 years with NPS Pharmaceuticals as Vice President of Drug Discovery and later Vice President of Research and a member of the Executive Team and Operating Committee.  He was responsible for all aspects of the Research Division, from early stage drug discovery through the completion of Phase 1 clinical trials.  Most recently, Alan was Executive Director of Clinical Site Operations and a member of the Executive Team for Lifetree Clinical Research, where he was responsible for all aspects of the conduct of Phase I through Phase III clinical trials for investigation of new drugs.

Alan received his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from the University of Kansas and received his doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle.