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
