Our Team
Matt Anthony
Senior Clinical Trial Manager
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
Joey Chung
Associate Scientist II
Scott Currence
Vice President, Clinical Development Operation
Joshua Daniel
Principal Associate Scientist
Dharmesh Dingar
Senior Director, Bioanalytical Development
Connor Dobson
Senior Scientist
Shirley Dong
Principal Associate Scientist
Gabby Feig
Senior Associate Scientist I
Joseph Figueroa
Senior Associate Scientist II
Josue Figueroa
Manager, Vector Core
Kevin Friedman
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Stacy Gilroy
Vice President, Talent & Culture
Shannon Grande Contrastano
Vice President, Preclinical Sciences
Troy Knowlton
Associate Program Manager
Mike Kuczewski
Vice President, Technical Development Operations
Ricky Lane
Director, Analytical Development
Howie Latimer
Manager, Cell Based Assays
Maggie Lau
Senior Associate Scientist II
Han Lee
Associate Scientist I
Pedro Lima
Senior Coordinator, Workplace Experience
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
Jacob Miller
Associate Scientist I
Manju Nagaraj
Senior Associate Scientist II
Alex Najibi
Scientist II
Kelly Nichols
Senior Associate Scientist I
Rick Niu
Senior Associate Scientist I
Jenifer Obrigewitch
Principal Associate Scientist
Urmi Patankar
Senior Associate Scientist II
Anna Piela
Senior Associate Scientist I
Brandon Pulido
Manager, Talent Acquisition
Travis Quigley
Senior Vice President, Clinical Development
Walter Rodriguez
Associate Scientist II
Jose Sanabria
Principal Associate Scientist
Minja Simon
Scientist I
Srushti Singh
Senior Associate Scientist I
Tharani Sivanandam
Senior Associate Scientist I
Aditi Soni
Vice President, Program and Alliance Management
Sarah Tannehill-Gregg
Vice President, Nonclinical Development
Joe Tierney
Executive Assistant
Hsing-Chen Tsai
Associate Director, Preclinical Pharmacology
Jessica Vincetic
Director, HR Business Partner
Daniel Wambua
Principal Associate Scientist
Denise Wong
Scientist I
Jeff Wood
Senior Associate Scientist I
Vionnie Yu
Executive Director, Discovery
June Zinck
Senior Director, Legal Operations
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