Dr. Reinhard Ebner Dr. Reinhard Ebner PhD, Director of Research, Avalon Pharmaceuticals Dr. Ebner is a Scientific Director at Avalon Pharmaceuticals. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Regensburg and his doctorate in Microbiology and Genetics from the University of Osnabrck, Germany, where he then served on the faculty of the Genetics department. In 1989, he identified and cloned the type I TGF-b receptor at Genentech. pauling.us