PNB - Key Persons


John (Jay) W. Wright - Founder, VP

Job Titles:
  • Cofounder
  • Member of the Founders and Board of Directors
  • Vice President
  • Professor
Dr. Wright is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology, VCAPP and Programs in Neuroscience and Biotechnology, at Washington State University, and served as Chair of Psychology from 1994-2000. He is an internationally recognized expert on the physiology and behavior of angiotensin peptides and neural plasticity, and specializes in the preparation of animal models for human disease states related to cognitive, fibrotic and cardiovascular dysfunctions. He has published more than 190 scientific articles and chapters, and reviews submitted manuscripts for 35+ scientific journals concerned with topics in neurosciences, peptide physiology and behavior, and biotechnology. Dr. Wright participates in peer review committees for the NSF and the American Heart Association. Dr. Wright received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Michigan State University in 1971 and completed postdoctoral work from 1971-72 in biophysics at the University of Michigan. Following a position at Fordham University, Bronx, NY he moved to WSU in 1975 and was promoted to full professor in 1983.

John W. Pariseau

Job Titles:
  • General Manager of WIN Partners, LLC, a Spokane Angel - Investment Fund

Joseph W. Harding - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Cofounder
  • Member of the Founders and Board of Directors
  • Professor
Dr. Harding is a Professor in the Departments of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology (VCAPP), Psychology, and Programs in Neuroscience and Biotechnology, at Washington State University. He is an internationally recognized expert on the neurochemistry of angiotensin peptides and their receptors. Dr. Harding was an American Heart Association Distinguished Investigator from 1985-1990, an NIH Fogarty fellow, and he has served on peer review committees for the NIH, NSF, and the American Heart Association. He has published more than 225 scientific articles and chapters on brain angiotensin and neurogenesis, and he reviews submitted manuscripts for 40+ scientific journals concerned with topics in the neurosciences, neurochemistry and biotechnology. Dr. Harding received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Delaware in 1974 and completed his postdoctoral work in neurochemistry at the Roche Institute for Molecular Biology in Nutley, N.J. from 1974-76. He moved to WSU in 1976 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1985.

Timothy J. Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Staff Scientist and Senior Director, Process Development, Genentech, Inc.
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