Diana M Mitrea, PhD

Leadership

Strategic Leadership: Directed scientific and corporate communication strategies at Dewpoint Therapeutics, including publication strategy, internal and external communications, and supported materials preparation for regulatory affairs, investor relations, and executive presentations, in alignment with the corporate goals and company's culture.

Organizational Innovation: Conceptualized and led the implementation of Condensates.com redesign to serve as Dewpoint’s educational platform, expand its audience beyond academia, and created research resources based on literature mining.

Scientific Visionary: Discovered foundational rules on how protein structure & dynamics at molecular level contribute to mesoscale structure, emergent properties and function of condensates, at the intersection of structural biology, biophysics and cell biology. Designed and led Dewpoint’s first program that integrated AI/ML into the workflow from the conceptual stage, synergizing the digital needs within the experimental design; this model was adopted and applied company-wide across other programs. 

Cross-Functional Integration: Synergized efforts across R&D, Regulatory, Corporate Development, and Executive functions to enable effective storytelling, investor engagement, and IND filings.

People Management: Led matrixed, international teams and managed up to nine direct reports, fostering innovation, mentorship, and execution excellence across diverse therapeutic areas.

Scientific Excellence

Scientific Innovation: Developed strategic project proposals, pioneered and scaled biophysical capabilities and efficient integration of experimental and digital tools to support scientific and drug discovery in oncology, neurology, cardio-pulmonology, and infectious diseases; facilitated academic and CRO collaborations to expand capabilities. Conceptualized novel scientific projects, performed feasibility studies, co-wrote NIH grants, managed collaborations. 

Scientific Recognition: Authored peer-reviewed publications (cited > 7,600 times), and thought leadership articles. 

Operational Innovation: Enhanced company knowledge sharing through tailored intranet tools and slide libraries.

Education & Communication

Education & Community Outreach: Designed & built Dewpoint's educational website. Organized internal educational seminars and site visits for undergraduate & graduate students.

Internal & External Communication: Supported scientific board and investor meetings with strategy-aligned communications, authored press releases, award nominations, scientific proposals and thought leadership articles, as well as brand launch and implementation. Oversee the content and strategic evolution of the corporate & educational websites and the intranet. Facilitated media exposure opportunities for the executive leadership team.