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
Eyram Adjogatse, PhD
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Roya Hakimzadeh
DIRECTOR, PATIENT ADVOCACY
Amanda Travers
HEAD OF PEOPLE
Melanie Venter
COMMUNICATIONS
Danielle Demers
PROGRAM MANAGER
Lisa Elmén, PhD
SR SCIENTIST MICROBIOLOGY
Arianna Miano, PhD
SCIENTIST SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Brent Nowinski, PhD
SCIENTIST COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Gabrielle Rena
MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Katie Sanders
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Nina Torti, MS
OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR
Andra Ionescu Tucker,PhD
SCIENTIST NEUROSCIENCE
Board
Christopher Reyes, PhD
CEO, FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
Grace E. Colón, PhD
BOARD CHAIR
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