Lin Yan, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry
Lin Yan, Ph.D. is a Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Deerfield Discovery and Development, and joined the Firm in 2024. Prior to Deerfield, Dr. Yan was a Senior Director, Head of Chemistry for Exarta Therapeutics and Senior Director, Head of Chemistry at Eternity Bioscience, Inc. Prior to these roles, Dr. Yan spent 19 years with Merck Research Laboratories, most recently as a Principal Scientist, and three years with Bristol-Myers Squibb as a Research Investigator II. Dr. Yan holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University.