CLAREMONT, Calif.--The Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences here announced the appointment of David Galas as chief academic officer. The institute is the newly founded graduate school for life sciences in the Claremont Consortium of Colleges. Galas, an entrepreneur and former professor of molecular biology, will assume the post starting September 1.

Prior to joining the institute, Galas served as president and chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Chiroscience R&D.