Who Is Who

Ürge László - Hungary

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Ürge was appointed as the CEO of ThalesNano Zrt. in March 2007. From 2001 to 2006 Dr. Ürge was the CEO of ComGenex Inc, an integrated drug discovery service provider. In 2006 he was the Vice President of European Operations for AMRI Hungary. Earlier held the positions of Head of Pharmaceutical development at Biorex R&D Inc, an innovative biotechnology company. Prior to that he was a research group leader at Neurex Corporation (CA, USA) later acquired by Elan Pharmaceuticals. He had his postdoc experience at the Wistar Institue in Philadelphia, and at the Brandeis Univeristy in Waltham, MA. He is a Vice President of the Hungarian Association for Innovation, Member of the Board of the Hungarian Biotechnology Association. Author of 55 publications and patents, holder of two R&D awards.