Our Team
Our leadership team and employees have broad and deep experience in company building and in drug development, including advancing therapeutic candidates from discovery research to clinical development, regulatory approval, and commercialization.
Christopher Reyes, PhD
CEO, FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
Louis Licamele, PhD
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER EVP OF CLINICAL & DATA SCIENCE
Paolo Baroldi, PhD, MD
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Rich Canote
CFO
Rebecca Simamora
VP CLINICAL OPERATIONS
Eyram Adjogatse, PhD
DIR. BUSINESS DEVELOPENT
Melanie Venter
Communications
Lisa Elmén, PhD
SR SCIENTIST MICROBIOLOGY
Arianna Miano, PhD
SCIENTIST SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Brent Nowinski, PhD
SCIENTIST COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Adi Ramon, MSc
TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE MANAGER
Katie Sanders
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Nina Torti, MS
OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR
Andra Ionescu Tucker,PhD
SCIENTIST NEUROSCIENCE
Board
Christopher Reyes, PhD
CEO, FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
Rakhshita Dhar, MS
BOARD OBSERVER
Felix von Coerper
DIRECTOR
Felix Frueh, PhD
DIRECTOR
Alexandra Sharon Bause, PhD
BOARD OBSERVER
Melanie Leitner, PhD
BOARD OBSERVER
Elaine Hsiao, PhD
CO-FOUNDER, SCIENTIFIC, ADVISORY BOARD
Raphael Valdivia, PhD
CO-FOUNDER, SCIENTIFIC, ADVISORY BOARD
Jacqueline French, M.D.
Clinical Advisor
Eric Kossoff, MD
Clinical Advisor
Stephen Wright, MD
CLINICAL ADVISOR