In 2018, after nearly two decades working in Big Pharma, chemist Tim Cernak was ready to put his skills to a new use. For Merck, he’d developed precision therapies for cancer, HIV, and diabetes that could target disease while minimizing harm to healthy cells.
Source: [MIT Tech Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/11/1138502/job-titles-natures-drug-designer-tim-cernak/)