Benoît Moreau

Medicinal Chemistry Expert / Drug Hunter

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

Drug discovery leader with over 17 years of experience in medicinal chemistry in both biotech and large pharmaceutical company environments. As scientific leader coordinated drug discovery activities and provided guidance to project teams from inception to clinical candidate selection in multiple therapeutic areas (virology, oncology, rare genetic diseases) and across a diversity of targets (RNA processing, splicing modulators, kinases, protein-protein interactions, viral enzymes, DNA damage, receptors). Proven record in delivering clinical candidates with desirable potency, selectivity, pharmacokinetics, and in vivo efficacy.

Experience

  • Principal and founder at MapleSeed
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Offering consulting services tailored to client needs: scientific advisor, fractional head of drug discovery, experienced medicinal chemist or drug discovery expert for due diligence.

  • Head of Medicinal Chemistry at Remix Therapeutics
    Jul 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Syros Pharmaceuticals (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry
      Mar 2022 - Jul 2022 · 5 mos

    • Director
      Jul 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Associate Director
      Feb 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Scientific Fellow, Medicinal Chemistry at Tarveda (formerly Blend Therapeutics)
    Sep 2014 - Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Senior Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry at Blend Therapeutics
    Jan 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos