Dr. Eric Brown leads Kapoose Creek Bio and is a Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. He is known for a large body of top-flight research in antibiotic discovery. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the American Academy of Microbiology and has received a number of other awards including the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award for career achievement. His research team is innovating in diverse areas of drug discovery using tools of chemical and systems biology to probe the complexity that underlies disease. He is especially curious about technology and discoveries with promise in creating breakthrough therapies.