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


Lisa Elmén, PhD
SR SCIENTIST MICROBIOLOGY


Arianna Miano, PhD
SCIENTIST SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY


Brent Nowinski, PhD
SCIENTIST COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY


Adi Ramon, MSc
TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE MANAGER


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


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