Dr. Duyk is a Partner of Circularis Partners, an investment firm focused on supporting technology-enabled companies that advance the circular economy, promote sustainability, and enhance resource efficiency. Circularis is a sub-advisor to the TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (ART) fund. Prior to Circularis, Dr. Duyk was the Managing Director and Partner of TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (ART)/TPG Biotechnology from 2004 to 2017.
Prior to joining TPG, Dr. Duyk served on the Board of Directors and was President of R&D at Exelixis. Prior to Exelixis, he was one of the founding scientific staff at Millennium and served as Vice President of Genomics. Prior to his tenure at Millennium, Dr. Duyk was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in the Department of Genetics, and an Assistant Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). While at HMS, Dr. Duyk was a Co-Principal Investigator in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Cooperative Human Linkage Center.
Dr. Duyk currently serves on the Board of Directors of Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS); Anuvia Plant Nutrients; Concentric; and Regen. He is a trustee of Case Western Reserve University where he Chairs the finance committee and is a member of the executive committee. Dr. Duyk is also a member of the Institute Board of Directors of the Moffitt Cancer Center where he Chairs the R&D committee. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) where he is currently a member of the organization’s finance committee and Chairs the investment committee. Dr. Duyk is a member of the Life Sciences Advisory Board of Innovatus Capital Partners and the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (DOE). Previously, he served as a member of the SAB for Bayer CropSciences, Jackson Labs, as well as numerous NIH advisory committees.
Dr. Duyk holds a Ph.D. and M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his medical and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). While at UCSF, Dr. Duyk was a fellow of the Lucille P. Markey Foundation and was also awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from HHMI. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.