Dr. Thomas R. Parr, Jr., also known as Tom, Ph.D., has been Chief Scientific Officer at Spero Therapeutics, Inc. since April 2014. Dr. Parr serves as Chief Scientific Officer of Spero Therapeutics, LLC. Dr. Parr served as Chief Scientific Officer of Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc. He served as Chief Scientific Officer of Targanta Therapeutics Inc. (formerly, Phagetech) since January 2005 and also as its Montreal Site Head since December 2007. From May 2003 to December 2004, Dr. Parr served as Vice President of Research of Adaptive Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Parr joined Adaptive Therapeutics in 2003 and accomplished a series of scientific milestones as well as reorganizing and restructuring research efforts. While at Targanta, he was instrumental in progressing the lipoglycopeptide, oritavancin through to registration meetings with the FDA and EMA. Dr. Parr has worked on a broad range of marketed and experimental antibiotics including beta-lactams (cefaclor, loracarbef, cefuroxime axetil, cephalexin, moxalactam, ceftazidime, cefazolin, RWJ-333441); glycopeptides (vancomycin and oritavancin); lipodepsipeptides (daptomycin); aminoglycosides (tobramycin); quinolones (cinoxacin); macrolides (dirythromycin); and antimicrobial peptides (iseganins). From May 2002 to May 2003, Dr. Parr served in various capacities at Embiosis Pharmaceuticals, (formerly MicroGenomics, Inc.), a private biopharmaceutical company, as its President and acting Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Parr served as Vice President of Research and Development of Embiosis Pharmaceuticals. He served as Senior Director of Microbiology of Xenogen Corporation from August 2001 to March 2002. From May 2000 to August 2001, Dr. Parr served as Senior Director of Microbiology at Intrabiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Parr has more than 25 years drug discovery experience across both large pharmaceutical and small biotechnology companies. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Parr served as a Senior Microbiologist at Lilly. During his career, Dr. Parr has been involved in the development of several marketed and late-stage clinical candidates for both antibacterial and antifungal applications. He worked at Microcide. He serves as Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Medisyn Technologies, Inc. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of Ottawa before beginning his drug discovery and development career. Dr. Parr received a Ph.D. degree in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from The University of Calgary, a M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Calgary and a B.A. in Biology and Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. He conducted an MRC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia.