Our Team
Matty Ariel
Principal Scientist
Meghana Bantwal
Senior Associate Scientist II
Emily Beura
Director, Preclinical Research
Steve Cassidy
Associate Director, Facilities and Lab Operations
Ching-Hung Chang
Principal Associate Scientist
Jackie Chuk
Director, Quality Assurance
Joey Chung
Associate Scientist II
Joshua Daniel
Principal Associate Scientist
Dharmesh Dingar
Senior Director, Bioanalytical Development
Connor Dobson
Senior Scientist
Shirley Dong
Senior Associate Scientist II
Gabby Feig
Senior Associate Scientist I
Joseph Figueroa
Senior Associate Scientist I
Josue Figueroa
Manager, Vector Core
Kevin Friedman
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Stacy Gilroy
Vice President, Talent & Culture
Shannon Grande Contrastano
Vice President, Preclinical Sciences
Sanath Janaka
Senior Scientist
Troy Knowlton
Associate Program Manager
Ricky Lane
Director, Analytical Development
Howie Latimer
Manager, Cell Based Assays
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
Mike McDonough
Associate Director, Technical Operations
Samir Mendonca
Scientist I
Kaiysa Mendy
Manager, Employee Experience and Communications
Manju Nagaraj
Senior Associate Scientist II
Alex Najibi
Scientist II
Kelly Nichols
Senior Associate Scientist I
Jenifer Obrigewitch
Principal Associate Scientist
Urmi Patankar
Senior Associate Scientist I
Anna Piela
Senior Associate Scientist I
Travis Quigley
Senior Vice President – Clinical Development
Bharat Reddy
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
Walter Rodriguez
Associate Scientist II
Jose Sanabria
Principal Associate Scientist
Srushti Singh
Senior Associate Scientist I
Tharani Sivanandam
Senior Associate Scientist I
Sarah Tannehill-Gregg
Vice President, Nonclinical Development
Joe Tierney
Executive Assistant
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
Vionnie Yu
Executive Director, Discovery
Our Board
Michael Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Engineering, MIT
Kevin Friedman, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Kristen Hege, M.D.
Former SVP of Early Clinical Development, Hematology/Oncology & Cell Therapy
Mathai Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO, FogPharma
Bob More
Managing Director, Alta Partners
Bryan Roberts
Partner, Venrock
Our Investors
