Mary Z. Luo

Mary Z. Luo, Ph.D. has served as Chief Operating Officer for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors since its inception in 1996. She has also served as a Chief Scientist since 2005 and Corporate Secretary from 1996 through April 2004. As co-founder of both Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and APCL, Dr. Luo has over 30 years of academic and practical experience in the field of chemistry. She provides scientific leadership through her research and activities in technology transfer, regulatory submission, intellectual property, clinical research, recruitment, and training. Dr. Luo is a professor emeritus of chemistry at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and is named as the inventor on several U.S. and foreign patents. She received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University and was a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology.