Ramin Najafi

Ramin Najafi is the Founder and Chairman of NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He has served as President since July 2002, and as Chief Executive Officer since November 2004. Previously, Dr. Najafi served in various management positions within NovaBay, including as Chief Scientific Officer. Prior to founding NovaBay, Dr. Najafi was the President and CEO of California Pacific Labs, Inc., a chemical laboratory safety devices company. He has also held scientific roles at Rhone Poulenc Rorer (now Sanofi-Aventis); Applied Biosystems, a division of PerkinElmer, Inc.; and Aldrich Chemical. Dr. Najafi received a B.S. and M.S. in chemistry from the University of San Francisco and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California at Davis.