Timothy Spicer

Tim Spicer is a Professor and Senior Scientific Director at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute. He joined Scripps Florida in 2005, and the University of Florida in 2022. Tim has 36 years of experience in drug discovery, including 10 at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Tim ithe director of the Wertheim UF Scripps Screening center. He is part of the UF Health Cancer Institute leadership team where he leads the Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics Program (120 members) and is a member of their Translational Research Council. He is known for innovation for which he has impacted on a worldwide scale. He helped deliver the world’s first fully automated uHTS platform, as well as Echo and BioRAPTR technologies. He has authored >175 drug-discovery related publications, 11 patents, and has been instrumental in the discovery of multiple drugs that are now in man. He is also passionate about teaching and mentorship.