Robert W. Armstrong, Ph.D.

Vice President, Global External Research and Development, Lilly Research Laboratories

Robert W. Armstrong, Ph.D., became vice president of global external research and development for Eli Lilly and Company in November 2006. He previously was vice president of discovery chemistry research. Armstrong's new position will serve to accelerate LRL's ability to access external innovation, including scientific and medical capabilities and capacity, as well as new drug candidates. He is also a member of the senior management council.

Prior to joining Lilly in November 1999, Armstrong had been director and head of small molecule drug discovery at Amgen, Inc.

He received bachelor of science degrees in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego in 1979 and a doctorate degree in chemistry from Colorado State University in 1984. Upon completion of an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1986, was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he remains an adjunct faculty member.