Steven J. Coats, Ph.D., is the Senior Director of
Chemistry for RFS Pharma. Dr. Coats has more than 10 years of drug
discovery and development experience in biotech and large pharmaceutical
companies. Prior to joining RFS Pharma, Dr. Coats was Principal
Scientist at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and
Development, LLC, in Philadelphia with responsibility for discovery
project management and synthetic medicinal chemistry spanning numerous
therapeutic areas. Dr. Coats holds Bachelor or Science and Master of
Science degrees in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University and a
Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was a post-doctoral associate at Yale University, has co-authored
numerous research publications in peer reviewed journals, and is
co-inventor on 19 issued or pending patents.
