京东影业影视传媒

WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� 京东影业影视传媒 is pleased to announce that Christopher Bouton has joined the Society鈥檚 Board of Trustees. 鈥淚 am thrilled to welcome Christopher Bouton to the 京东影业影视传媒鈥檚 Board of Trustees,鈥� said Maya Ajmera, President & CEO, 京东影业影视传媒 and Executive Publisher, Science News. 鈥淎s a recent member of our National Leadership Council and alumnus of the Science Talent Search, Chris shares our passion for promoting access to STEM education and remains dedicated to the Society鈥檚 mission.鈥�

Bouton is Senior Vice President and Head of Artificial Intelligence at Certara, a global leader in biosimulation providing innovative software and services to global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Prior to Certara, Bouton was the Founder & CEO of Vyasa Analytics (acquired by Certara in 2023), an AI analytics company applying novel deep learning approaches across the drug discovery pipeline. Bouton also previously founded Entagen, a software company that provided innovative life sciences data integration products, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2013. Before founding Entagen and Vyasa, Bouton was the Head of Integrative Data Mining & Computational Biology at Pfizer.

He is an author on numerous scientific papers and book chapters, and his work has been covered in a wide range of industry news articles. He received his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Amherst College and Ph.D. in Molecular Neurobiology from Johns Hopkins University.

鈥淭he work being done by the Society will support and inspire the next generation of STEM leaders,鈥� shared Bouton. 鈥淚 look forward to joining the 京东影业影视传媒鈥檚 esteemed Board of Trustees and providing guidance as it continues to promote science education both nationally and globally.鈥�

Bouton is an alumnus of the 1992 Science Talent Search and previously served on the Society鈥檚 National Leadership Council.