CRYO-EM - Key Persons
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- Vice President of Biochemistry & Biophysics
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- Member of the HWI Board of Directors
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- Emeritus Director
- Interim Chief Executive Officer
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- Co - Founder & CTO at ACV Auctions
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- Chief Scientific Officer
- Fellow of the American Crystallography Association
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute
Dr. Edward Snell is the Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Snell, a Fellow of the American Crystallography Association, is a biophysicist originally from the United Kingdom. He has a first-class honors degree in Applied Physics and completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK. He held a prestigious National Science Fellowship in the NASA laboratory for Biophysics at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama and worked with the laboratory for over a decade conducting experiments on the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station. Dr. Snell was a scientific interface between NASA and scientists from multiple universities conducting experiments in space. He was awarded the Marshall Space Flight Center director's commendation for his work.
Dr. Snell came to the Institute in 2005 and has been supported in his research continuously by competitive awards from NIH, NSF, NASA, and the DoD. He has also received support from local and national foundations. Dr. Snell has served on numerous advisory and review committees and represented the scientific community on the American Institute of Physics News and Media Advisory Committee, the Stanford Synchrotron Lightsource Users Executive Committee, and the International Organization on Biological Crystallization among others. He has published over 90 peer reviewed research papers in many international journals, four book chapters, and two books. Holding two patents, he is also a professor at the University of Buffalo Material Design and Innovation Department, a department that spans both the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Snell is an adjunct faculty at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and mentors graduate students from both Roswell Park and the University. He has long-term collaborations with scientific groups worldwide and has given hundreds of presentations at national and international meetings.
In 2014 Dr. Snell became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute. In late 2023, he transitioned to Chief Scientific Officer. He is forging collaborative links regionally and nationally leading an accomplished, efficient, and skilled team who are committed to working today for the cures of tomorrow.
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- Co - President ( Retired ) Key Community Bank
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- CFO / Olmsted Center for Sight
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- Vice President & Human Resources Business Partner
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- Member of the HWI Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director, Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc
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- Executive Director
- Vice President
Vice President for Advancing Therapeutics
Executive Director of IMCA-CAT
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- Medical Professional and Community Volunteer
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- Vice President, Harry R. Defler Corp.
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- Associate Investigator & National Crystallization Center Director
- SGC Chair
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- Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Key Bank
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- Partner, Steve Bell Communications
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- Chief Executive Officer, Crowley Webb
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- Vice President for Research and Economic Development
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- Managing Director, 19 / 19 Investment Counsel