Our Team

Matty Ariel
Principal Scientist

Meghana Bantwal
Senior Associate Scientist

Bindu Bennet
Senior Vice President, Preclinical Development

Emily Beura
Associate Director, T Cell Biology

Steve Cassidy
Senior Manager, Facilities & Lab

Ching-Hung Chang
Principal Associate Scientist

Joey Chung
Associate Scientist II

Joshua Daniel
Senior Associate Scientist II

Connor Dobson
Senior Scientist

Shirley Dong
Senior Associate Scientist II

Gabby Feig
Senior Associate Scientist I

Joseph Figueroa
Associate Scientist II

Josue Figueroa
Manager, Vector Core

Kevin Friedman
Chief Scientific Officer, President

Stacy Gilroy
Vice President, Talent & Culture

Shannon Grande Contrastano
Senior Director, Preclinical Sciences

Sanath Janaka
Senior Scientist

Troy Knowlton
Senior Associate Scientist I

Ricky Lane
Associate Director, Analytical Development

Howie Latimer
Principal Associate Scientist

Maggie Lau
Senior Associate Scientist II

Pedro Lima
Office Coordinator

Ryan Lynch
Vice President of Finance

Michael McDonald
Senior Vice President, Head of IP & Legal Affairs

Samir Mendonca
Scientist I

Kaiysa Mendy
Manager, Employee Experience and Communications

Manju Nagaraj
Senior Associate Scientist II

Alex Najibi
Scientist

Kelly Nichols
Senior Associate Scientist I

Jenifer Obrigewitch
Senior Associate Scientist II

Urmi Patankar
Senior Associate Scientist I

Anna Piela
Associate Scientist II

Travis Quigley
Senior Vice President – Clinical Development

Bharat Reddy
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development

Jose Sanabria
Principal Associate Scientist

Laura Sandler
Senior Vice President – Strategic Operations

Steve Sazinsky
Vice President, Biotherapeutics Engineering

Srushti Singh
Senior Associate Scientist I

Tharani Sivanandam
Senior Associate Scientist I

Hsing-Chen Tsai
Associate Director, Preclinical Pharmacology

Daniel Wambua
Principal Associate Scientist

Alyson Warr
Senior Scientist

Denise Wong
Principal Associate Scientist

Jeff Wood
Senior Associate Scientist I
Our Board

Michael Birnbaum
Professor of Biological Engineering, MIT

Kevin Friedman
Chief Scientific Officer, President

Bob More
Managing Director, Alta Partners

Bryan Roberts
Partner, Venrock
Our Investors

