A best in class team
National executive team
Nucleate is a student-run organization with a national footprint.

PhD candidate
- Co-President
- EVP, Finances
- EVP, Strategy
- Co-President
- Co-President
- EVP, Education
Board of directors & co-founders

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Soufiane Aboulhouda
Chair -
Sofia Guerra
Board Member -
Matt Lanchantin
Secretary -
Marissa Pettit
Vice-Chair -
Oliver Dodd
Treasurer
Advisors
CATEGORY OF ROLES
A | Advisor |
M | Mentor |
NT | Nucleate Team |
WE | Workshop Expert |
Renée Shenton | Breakout Ventures | Head of Community | A |
Julia Moore | Breakout Ventures | Managing Partner | WE |
Dana Watt | Breakout Ventures | Principal | WE |
Nima Ronaghi | Breakout Ventures | Associate | WE |
Zeshan Muhammedi | MBX Capital | Co-founder, Manager Partner | WE |
Zavain Dar | Co-Founder | WE | |
Vini Mani | Flagship Pioneering | Principal | WE |
Turner Baker | Borealis | CEO, Co-founder | WE |
Tony Kulesa | Petri | Principal | WE |
Tom Ippolito | Chembio Diagnostic | VP, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs | WE |
Shaquille Vayda | Lux Capital | Principal | WE |
Shak Lakhani | Avro Life Science | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Scott Kanner | Caribou Biosciences | CSO | WE |
Sam Cooper | Phenomic | CEO, Co-founder | M |
Ryan Pawell | Indee Labs | CEO | M |
Rayees Rahman | Harmonic Discovery | CEO, Co-founder | |
Raman Talwar | Gate Bioscience | CTO, Co-Founder | WE |
Pierce Ogden | Manifold Bio | CSO | WE |
Pengpeng Li | Lilly Asia Ventures | Senior Investment Manager | WE |
Pablo Lubroth | Hummingbird Ventures | Investor | WE |
Omar Khalil | Sante | Partner | WE |
Nnamdi Nelson | Northwestern University | Invention Associate | WE |
Monica Berrondo | Macromoltek | CEO, Co-founder | M |
Misti Ushio | TARA Biosystems | CEO | WE |
Mimoun Cadosch Delmar | Matterworks | CTO and President | WE |
Mike Norsen | Alexandria / LaunchLabs | Principal | WE |
Michael Gutbrod | Sante | Associate | WE |
Merouane Ounadjela | Northpond Ventures | Analyst | WE |
Martin-Immanuel Bittner | Arctoris | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Mark Tomishima | BlueRock Therapeutics | VP of Platform Discovery | WE |
Marie Yurkovich | Flagship Pioneering | Senior Associate - Origination Team | WE |
Krish Ramadurai | Harmonix fund | Partner | |
Judy Savitskaya | Andreessen Horowitz | Partner | WE |
Joshua Elkington | Axial | Partner, Founder | WE |
JB Michel | Patch Bio | CEO, Founder | WE |
Jake Prigoff | Gaingels | Partner | WE |
Jackie Zummo | Protara Therapeutics | Co-Founder, CSO | WE |
Hannah Dewald | Whitsell Innovations | Medical writer, Consultant | WE |
Gwen Cheni | Khosla | Partner | WE |
Gurdane Bhutani | MBX Capital | Co-founder, Managing Partner | M |
Gunes Bozkurt | RA Capital | Venture Analyst | M |
Glennis Mehra | BioLabs | Director | WE |
Gad Berdugo | DIACCURATE | Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | WE |
Francisco Dopazo | Humboldt Fund | General Partner | |
Fernando Aleman | Navega Therapeutics | CSO, Co-founder | WE |
DJ Kleinbaum | Emerald Cloud Lab | Co-CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Dave Messina | Pioneer Fund; Cofactor Genomics | General Partner, Bio Fund and Senior Venture; Founder and Chief Operating Officer | WE |
Dan Becker | Access Biotechnology | Managing Director | WE |
Dan Mandell | GRO Biosciences | CEO, Co-founder | M |
Cody Tranbarger | Prime Medicine | Business Development Lead | M |
Chris Garabedian | Xontogeny | CEO | WE |
Chris Scotto DiVetta | Tempus Labs | SVP & General Manager AI | WE |
Charlie Petty | Global Health Investment Corporation; Adjuvant Capital | Partner; Venture Partner | WE |
Chaemin Lim | A2A Pharmaceuticals | CSO | M |
Cat Donaldson | Alexandria / LaunchLabs | Executive Director | WE |
Caroline Dougherty | Cerevel | Senior Director, Business Development | WE |
Bradley Murray | Xontogeny | Senior Associate | |
Ben Wang | Chimera Bioengineering | CEO, Co-founder | M |
Becky Pferdehirt | Andreessen Horowitz | Partner | WE |
Avi Rosenbaum | Advisors.bio | Founder | |
Artie Arumov | Qiming Venture Partners | Associate | M |
Anna Karmina Caballes | Novartis | Head RA IAPM Asia Markets | WE |
Alison Burklund | Nanopath | CTO, Co-Founder | M |
Ali Farahanchi | Camford Capital | Managing Director | WE |
Lourdes M. Castillo | LMC Communications | President & CEO | A |
Aiden Aceves | Vida Ventures | Associate | M |
Soufiane Aboulhouda | Harvard University | Co-President | NT |
Logan Ashcraft | Congruent | Associate | WE |
Artie Arumov | Qiming Venture Partners USA | Associate | WE |
Sage Aronson | Neurophotometrics | CEO | M |
Camilo Ansarah-Sobrinho | USC Keck MESH Academy | Associate Director for Business Development and Industry Relations | A |
Ben Angulo | Harvard University | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Nikhil Ananth | WE | ||
Carolina Amador | Amgen | Commercial Insights, Senior Manager | M |
Alon Altschuler | Harvard University | Lead, Sponsorship | NT |
Anne Altmeyer | Tiga Tx | CEO | WE |
Hanan Al-Hakim | Biocom | Associate Director, L.A. Operations, Community Engagement & Partnerships | A |
Mustafa Al-Adhami | Astek Diagnostics | Chief Executive Officer | M |
Adzmel Adznan | Piva VC | Managing Director | WE |
Bela Becerra | 8VC | Chief of Staff | WE |
Ranjan Batra | Locana | Chief Scientific Officer | WE |
Sree Batchu | Bioscience LA | Head of Community & Business Development | M |
Mary Bass | USC Keck MESH Academy | Assistant Director of Programs and Operations | A |
Ashvin Bashyam | 5AM Ventures / Ensoma | Associate / R&D Strategy | WE |
Will Barr | MIT | Lead, Operations | NT |
Jessica Barnette | Bioscience LA | Manager | M |
Mike Baran | Pfizer | Partner | WE |
Seth Bannon | Fifty Years | MP, Co-founder | A |
Ibraheem Badejo | J&J Innovation Center | Sr. Director | WE |
Shawn Ayube | Harvard Life Lab | WE | |
Ben Auspitz | WE | ||
Edward Berger | M | ||
Brian Benson | MedTech Innovator | VP, Strategic Alliances | A |
Steven Bensinger | UCLA | Professor | A |
Anton Bennett | Yale University | Professor | A |
Michael Belliveau | WE | ||
Yaniv Bejerano | M | ||
Adam Behrens | Mori | CEO | WE |
Jamil Beg | 5AM Ventures | WE | |
Andrew Beebe | Obvious | MD of Energy/Climate | WE |
Jake Becraft | M | ||
Dan Becker | Access Biotechnology | Principal | WE |
Carmina Bech | California Lutheran University | Adjunct Faculty | A |
Angela Bitting | TWIST | SVP | WE |
Kevin Bitterman | WE | ||
Robert (Bud) Bishop | Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator | President | A |
Erica Birkholz | UCSD | NT | |
Astha Bilimoria | RA Capital | WE | |
Zal Bilimoria | Refactor | Managing partner | WE |
Aaron Beydoun | Pairwise | Leader of HarvardAgri Food | WE |
Robert Bettigole | Elm Street Ventures | Managing Partner | A |
Sarah Bertino | T-Scan Therapeutics | Director of Corporate Development and Strategy | M |
Monica Berrondo | Macromoltek | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Andreas Bernthaler | M | ||
Aoife Brennan | Synlogic | CEO | WE |
Derek Brand | NewYorkBIO | COO | WE |
Bill Brady | Kula Bio | CEO | WE |
Raquel Bracken | Venrock | Partner | WE |
Jim Boyle | Yale University | Executive Director, Faculty Entrepreneurship & Venture Development | A |
Antoine Boudot | M | ||
Michael Boss | Bentley University | M | |
Michelle Boisvert | Harvard University | Co-Director, Communications | NT |
Ron Boger | Compound Ventures | M | |
Pieter Boelhouwer | WE | ||
Martin-Immanuel Bittner | Arctoris | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Richard Carvajal | Columbia | PI | A |
Darryl Carter | Otter | CEO | M |
Shawn Carbonell | Brazen Bio | CEO / Co-Founder | M |
Alexandra Cantley | Polaris Innovation Fund | Principal | WE |
Therese Canares | CurieDX | CEO | A |
Michael Campos | PRIME | Associate | WE |
Maddalena Delma Caiati | The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Mark Cabato | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | Director | Healthcare Banking | US Biopharma Coverage | WE |
Margaret Burns | UCSD | NT | |
Mahala Burn | Biomerieux | Corporate Dev/Strategic Financing | M |
Matthew Burkhardt | SelfBio Inc | WE | |
Amber Brown | BD | Senior Business Unit Director, Retail | M |
Alejandro Chavez | Columbia | PI | A |
Mira Chaurushiya | 5AM Ventures | Partner | A |
Ernesto Chanona | CSSi LifeSciences | Director of Biotech Business Development | A |
Geoffrey Chang | UCSD | Professor | A |
Kai Chan | WE | ||
Chana Chamoun | Harvard University | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Shrek Chalasani | UCSD | Professor | A |
Rima Chakrabarti | KdT Ventures | Principal | WE |
Jerry Casey | Life Sciences / Diagnostics Executive | WE | |
Mark Martin Casas | WE | ||
John Chi | Synova Life Science | Founder | WE |
Alice Cheng | Upfront Ventures | Life Science Associate | M |
Jane Chen | MIT | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Janice Chen | Mammoth Biosciences | CTO, Co-founder | WE |
Tani Chen | Wolf Greenfield | WE | |
Wesley Chen | WE | ||
Milenko Cicmil | M | ||
Michael Chungyoun | Johns Hopkins University | NT | |
Eun Ji Chung | USC | Asst. Proffesor | A |
Jeff Chuang | Pasadena Angels | Investor | WE |
Emily Chu | USC Keck MESH Academy | Program Administrator - MESH Academy | A |
Preet Choudhary | USC | Professor | A |
John Chodera | MSKCC | PI | A |
Craig Crews | Arvinas | Professor | A |
LLewellyn Cox | MarsBio | CEO / GP | A |
W. Taylor Cottle | Aptabridge | John Hopkins PhD | NT |
Javier Cote-Sierra | M | ||
Case Cortese | Caltech OTTCP | Director for Innovation, New Ventures & Entrepreneurship | A |
Donald Corcoran | Technology Licensing Officer | WE | |
Jim Cooper | BraidTheory | CSO / Co-Founder | A |
Lee Cooper | Bayer | Senior Director, Venture Investments | WE |
John Contey | Launchpad Ventures | Board, Launchpad Ventures; Board, Isoplexis | A |
James Coe | Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds | Counsel | WE |
Lauren Clarke | MIT | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Jason Doherty | UNC | Clinical Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship | WE |
Oliver Dodd | Harvard University | Co-Managing Director, EVP Operations, Treasurer | NT |
Austin Diamond | Longevity Fund | VP, Operations | WE |
Julie Diamond | Endless Frontier Labs | Associate Director | WE |
Dino Di Carlo | UCLA Samueli School of Engineering | Professor / Vice Chair of Graduate Education | A |
Ann Dewitt | The Engine | General Partner | WE |
Kevin DeBre | Stubbs Alderton & Markiles | Partner | A |
Monica Dean | USC Marshall School | Managing Director, Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies | A |
Anson Dang | Johns Hopkins University | Student | NT |
Lauren Cujé | RTW Investments | Venture Senior Associate | WE |
Naiwen Cui | The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Director, Alumni Relations | NT |
Colleen Cuffaro | Canaan Partners | Partner | A |
Matt Crowley | Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy | Principal | WE |
Bunny Ellerin | Columbia | Director | A |
Joshua Elkington | Axial | Partner, Founder | WE |
Arturo Elizondo | Clara Foods | CEO | WE |
Imke Ehlers-Surur | Memorial Sloan Kettering Tech Dev | Associate Director | A |
Julius Edson | Zymo/ RPTherapeutics | Business Development, Co-founder | M |
Connor Dowling | Weill Cornell Bioventure eLab | Chief Operating Officer | A |
Steve Dowdy | UCSD | Professor | WE |
Brandon Dorr | MIT | Lead, Partnerships | NT |
Dan Dorazio | Sage Growth Partners | CEO | A |
Francisco Dopazo | Humboldt Fund | General Partner | WE |
Kevin Dong | Harvard Medical School | Co-Director, Venture Creation | NT |
Jeffrey Ellison | WE | ||
Meredith Fischer | PIF | Partner | WE |
Amir Ferry | UCSD | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Michael Fenn | Dewpoint Therapeutics | Director, External Development | WE |
Justin Feng | WE | ||
Frank Fang | M | ||
Tokunbo Falohun | Texas A&M | Co-founder | A |
Shaye Exner | Biocom | Executive Director of Events & Sponsorship | M |
Elissa Everton | Boston University | VP, National Operations | NT |
Juan Espinoza | CTIP (CHLA) | Director | A |
Greg Erman | EmpiraMed | CEO | WE |
Michael Erb | Scripps | Assistant Professor | A |
Darren Eng | LAVA | Executive Director | A |
Andrei Enache | Boston College | Lead, Finance | NT |
Kenji Funahashi | WSGR | Partner | WE |
Rick Fultz | Biocom | San Diego Regional Director | WE |
Galit Frydman | Coagulo | CSO | WE |
Jared Friedman | Y Combinator | WE | |
Rick Friedman | NovusGC | CEO / Founder | WE |
Jonathan Friedlander | Digitalis | Principal | WE |
Angelika Fretzen | Wyss | Director of Translation | A |
Jessica Freeze | Yale University | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Scott E. Fraser | USC | Provost Professor / Director of Science Initiatives | A |
Tim Flood | Kenan Flagler Business School | Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Corporate Communication | WE |
Travis Fleming | Harvard University | Co-Director, Venture Creation | NT |
David Fleck | Freeflow Ventures | Founder | WE |
Andrew Gray | Karma Biotechnologies | CEO / Co-Founder | WE |
Jay Goss | Wavemaker 360 | General Partner | A |
Samuel Goldman | MIT | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Victoria Goldenshtein | Duke University | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Allan Glass | HATCHspaces | Co-Founder / Managing Partner | M |
Sherif Gerges | Harvard Medical School | Lead, WE Relations | NT |
Bryan Gerber | Caltech | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Naji Gehchan | Eli Lilly | Sr Director Sales | WE |
Yordanos Gebretatios | LA City | Deputy for Bioscience, Economic and Workforce Development | A |
Eva Garland | Eva Garland Consulting | CEO | WE |
Jeffrey Garanich | CCNY | Director | A |
Junjun Gao | M | ||
Shaan Gandhi | Northpond Ventures | M | |
Paul Hartung | M | ||
Susanna Harris | Xontogeny | Manager of Engagement and Communications | WE |
Sean Harper | Westlake Village BioPartners | Founding Managing Director | A |
John Hallinan | MassCONNECT.DH | Chief Business Officer, MassBio | A |
Ryan Hallett | Dualogics | Co-founder | WE |
Alex Hall-Daniels | Indie Bio NYC | Program Manager | WE |
Ali Haghighi-Mood | Sirona Medical Technologies | CEO | WE |
Nick Haft | OMX Ventures | Managing Director | WE |
Arvind Gupta | Mayfield/Indie Bio | General Partner | WE |
Sutton Guldner | Harvard Business School | Co-Director, External Partnerships | NT |
Milton Greenberg | Vivreon Biosciences | Co-founder, Adjunct Professor | M |
Phil Grayeski | KdT Ventures | Principal | WE |
Stephani Hsieh | Biocom | Executive Director, Los Angeles | A |
Jason Holt | Baruch Future Ventures | WE | |
Michael Hoffer-Hawlik | MIT | Lead, Clinical Relations | NT |
Anh Hoang | M | ||
Rachel Tsunemoto Hislop | Two Bear Capital | Principal | M |
Arthur Hiller | Amasa Therapeutics | M | |
Kristy Heppner | Sanofi | Medical Science Liaison- Cardiovascular | M |
Sarah Henkel | Harvard University | Lead, Communications | NT |
Dan Heller | MSKCC | PI | A |
Christina Hedberg | MIT TLO | WE | |
Elaine Haynes | Kalocyte | CEO | WE |
Sam Hatch | UCSD | NT | |
Bill Harvey | Newmark | Managing Director | WE |
Ravi Jhala | Perfect Day | Global Head of Commercial | WE |
Jeliazko Jeliazkov | GlaxoSmithKline | Investigator | M |
Salima Jamal | CTIP (CHLA) | Program Administrator | M |
Ryan Isham | Integral Insights | CEO, founder, former VP of Operations | WE |
Farren Isaacs | Yale University | Associate Professor | A |
Adam Ingber | Harvard Business School | Lead, Alumni Relations | NT |
Bill Hyun | Genoa Ventures | Venture Partner | WE |
Karen Huh | Joywell Foods | WE | |
Lisa Huang | WE | ||
Ouwen Huang | FarmShots (acquired by Syngenta) | Gradient Health | WE |
Rebecca Hu | Harvard Business School | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Aaron Hsu | Clearmask | Co-founder and CEO | A |
Omar Khalil | Sante | Partner | WE |
Craig Kenesky | Wilson Sonsini | Associate | A |
Eric Kelsic | WE | ||
Curtis Keith | HBS Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator | CSO | WE |
Katherine Kayser-Bricker | Halda Therapeutics | CSO | WE |
Samir Kaul | Khosla | Founding Partner | WE |
Bandhana Katoch | Larta Institute | Principal A | WE |
Louis Kang | AccelR8 | Managing Director, CSO | WE |
Niranjan Kameswaran | Kala Pharma | VP Strategy | M |
Kevin Jubbal | MedSchool Insiders | Physician entrepreneur | M |
Jasmin Joseph-Chazan | Harvard University | Lead, Program & Curriculum | NT |
Ian Johnston | The Engine | Associate | WE |
Chelsea Place Johnson | Atlas | Sr. Associate | WE |
Phillip Kong | Statera Tx | CSO | M |
Peter Kolchinsky | A | ||
Eric Kofman | UCSD | NT | |
Karin Koch | University Lab Partners | Ecosystem Director | A |
Jeff Knox | MIT Sloan | Co-Managing Director | NT |
DJ Kleinbaum | Emerald Cloud Lab | Co-CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Robert Klein | Alkahest | CBO | WE |
Julia Kirslis | Harvard University | Lead, Finance | NT |
Alex Kim | UCLA | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Aditi Khurana | Asher Biotherapeutics | Associate Director and Project Management Lead | A |
Ida Khodami | WE | ||
Omar Khalil | Sante | Partner | WE |
Anjali Kumar | M | ||
Tony Kulesa | Petri | Partner, Co-Founder | A |
Yury Kukushkin | M | ||
Hallie Kuhn | Alexandria Venture Investments | Principal | A |
Peter Kuhn | USC Bridge Institute | Professor | A |
Liam Krut | Reinforced Ventures | WE | |
jan-philipp kruse | M | ||
Pascal Krotee | RiverVest Venture Partners | Senior Associate | M |
Vish Krishnan | Rady | Professor of Innovation, Technology & Operations | A |
Megan Krench | M | ||
Howard Kozloff | HATCHspaces | Co-Founder / Managing Partner | WE |
Walt Kowtoniuk | WE | ||
Maya Kostman | Boston University | Lead, Design | NT |
Diego Lara | Harvard University | Lead, Design | NT |
Len Lanzi | Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP | Managing Director of Preccelerator | M |
Michael Langer | Old Silver VC | Partner | WE |
Susan Langer | WE | ||
Jen Landress | Biocom | SVP, COO | A |
Stephen Lanahan | Yale University | Co-Managing Director | NT |
Shak Lakhani | Avro Life Science | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Marc LaJoie | Outpace Bio | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Sam Lai | UNC | Director, Pharmacoengineering Program, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics | WE |
Sushmita Lahiri | M | ||
Tracy Lahey | Amgen | Strategy & Business Development, Digital Health & Innovation | M |
Claudia Kwan | Harvard Business School | Lead, Operations | NT |
Samta Kundu | Strand Therapeutics | COO | WE |
Connie Li | WE | ||
David Li | Everest Detection | Chief Business Officer | WE |
Haotian Li | Redesign Science | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Klaus Ley | LJI | Professor | A |
Itai Levin | MIT | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Emily LeProust | TWIST | CEO | WE |
Ross Leimberg | AbbVie Ventures | WE | |
Andrew Lee | Northpond Ventures | Senior Associate | WE |
David Lee | UNC Chapel Hill | Director of Communications | NT |
Rob Leclerc | Agfunder | Founding Partner | WE |
Sebastien Latapie | Dynamk Capital | Principal | WE |
Malgorzata (Gosia) Latallo | Johns Hopkins University | NT | |
Uri Laserson | Patch Bio | CTO, Co-Founder | WE |
Austin(Chunfeng) Lu | Harvard University | Co-Director, Design | NT |
Dina Lozofsky | UCLA TDG | Senior Director of Business Development, Physical Sciences and Engineering | A |
Bill Lowry | UCLA | Professor | A |
Nayoung Lee Louie | Neuraly | Director | A |
Weston Lord | WaterShield | CEO / Founder | M |
Michael Lombardo | Harvard University | Lead, Programming & Curriculum | NT |
Qing Liu | City of Hope | Director, Translational Development Center | A |
Tina Liu | Ally Therapeutics | WE | |
Arye Lipman | MarsBio | General Partner | WE |
Irving Ling | Takeda Pharmaceuticals | M | |
Nikki Lin | Magnify @ CNSI UCLA | Director of Entrepreneurship and Commercialization | A |
Sally Wang Liang | M | ||
Trevor Martin | Mammoth Biosciences | CEO, Cofounder | WE |
Magda Marquet | AltheaDx | Scientist | WE |
Adam Marblestone | MIT | Professor | WE |
Gabriel Manzanarez | UCSD | NT | |
Vini Mani | Flagship Pioneering | Senior Associate | WE |
Parag Mallick | Nautilus Biotechnology | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Linda Malkas | City of Hope | Dean, Translational Science, External Affairs; M.T. & B.A. Ahmadinia Professor in Molecular Oncology | A |
Prashant Mali | UCSD | Associate Professor | A |
Marta Majcherska-Agrawal | Johns Hopkins University | NT | |
Agata Magalinskaya | Alexandria LaunchLabs | Director, Strategic Programming & Events | WE |
Dulcie Madden | WE | ||
Natalie Ma | Felix Biotech | Head of BD | WE |
Kelli Luginbuhl | Isolere Bio | Co-founder, CEO | WE |
Ellie McGuire | Polaris LS | Partner | WE |
Cain McClary | KdT Ventures | Founder, Managing Partner | WE |
Kathryn McCabe | M | ||
Robert McBride | Felix Bt | CEO | WE |
Kathryn McAllister | M | ||
Rafaella Mazza | Harvard Business School | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Sarkis Mazmanian | Caltech | Professor | A |
Jim Matheson | Harvard Business School | Senior Lecturer, Harvard | A |
Chris Mason | Weill Cornell | PI | A |
Marc Martin-Casas | Illumina Ventures | WE | |
Marc Martin-Casas | Illumina Accelerator | Seed Investments | A |
Marc Martin-Casas | Illumina Accelerator | Seed Investments & Development | WE |
Jyoti Mishra | UCSD | Assistant Professor | A |
Jonathan Miller | Evercore ISI | Analyst | WE |
Tarjei Mikkelsen | Arsenal Bio | CTO | WE |
Soumil Mhaskar | UCLA | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Retsina Meyer | M | ||
Dave Messina | Pioneer Fund | Senior Venture Partner | WE |
Dave Messina | Cofactor Genomics | COO | WE |
Kathy Meserve | North Carolina Biotechnology Center | Senior Director of Investments, Emerging Company Development | WE |
Sidney McLaurin | Material Impact | Partner | WE |
Kelli McKeirnan | Westlake Village BioPartners | Senior Executive Assistant | M |
Mireya McKee | KickStart Venture Services | Interim Director | A |
David McIntyre | Boston University | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Brad Murray | Xontogeny | Senior Associate | WE |
Jessica Mulvihill | MIT | Lead, Partnerships | NT |
David Moskowitz | 8VC | Principal | WE |
Josh Moser | Petri | Partner | WE |
Mary Morris | Baltimore Fund | Managing Partner | WE |
Ana Maria Moreno | Navega Therapeutics | Founder & CEO | M |
Mike Moradi | R3 | Managing Partner and Serial Entrepreneur | WE |
Juan Jaramillo Montezco | Boston University | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Morgan Moncada | Harvard Business School | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Rubayath Mohsen | The Lundquist Institute | Manager, Biz Dev Tech Transfer | A |
Vidisha Mohad | Harvard Medical School | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Danielle Miyagishima | Yale University | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Michael Norsen | Alexandria Launch Labs | Principal | WE |
Jason Norris | Elektrofi | Co-Founder | WE |
Karoly Nikolich | Pivotal Bioventure Partners | Partner | WE |
Vinit Nijhawan | M | ||
Brian Nickerson | Mount Sinai | PI | A |
Dac Nguyen | Digitalis | Technical Partner | WE |
Gloria Negrete | The Basement at UCSD | Director | WE |
Imran Nasrullah | M | ||
Piyush Nanda | Harvard University | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Mark Namchuck | Vertex/Harvard | Executive Director of Therapeutics Translation | WE |
Koby Nagar | Duke University | CEO, founder, faculty | WE |
Tyler Myers | UCSD | NT | |
Jason Park | Flagship Pioneering | Senior Principal | WE |
Radhika Palkar | USC Stevens | Licensing Associate | A |
Deborah Palestrant | 5AM | WE | |
Mallika Pajjuri | MIT | Lead, Partnerships | NT |
Clodagh O’Shea | Salk Institute | Professor | A |
Casey O’Neill | Biocom | Program Associate | A |
Nick Olsen | Innovation Endeavors | Investor | WE |
Gary Olsem | BioLabs | Vice President, Operations | A |
Stephanie Oestreich | M | ||
Valerie Odegarde | Silverback Tx | CSO | WE |
Carl Novina | DFCI | Professor | WE |
Lori Payton | Harkness Consulting | Principal Consultant | M |
Don Payan | Sana | Biotech Entrepreneur and Executive | WE |
Ryan Pawell | Axial | Strategic Partner | WE |
Geraldine Paulus | The Engine | Associate | WE |
Yasmeen Pattie | East Egg Project Management | Principal | WE |
Harsh Patel | Wireframe VC | Managing Partner, Cofounder | WE |
Ketan Patel | F-Prime | Partner | WE |
Dorsa Parviz | MIT | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Kush Parmar | 5AM Ventures | Partner | WE |
Esther Park | Johns Hopkins University | Lead, Operations | NT |
Jackie Quay | UNC Office of Tech Commercialization | Director of Licensing and Innovation Support | A |
Dennis Purcell | Aisling Capital | Partner, Co-Founder | WE |
Chas Pulido | Alix Ventures | General Partner | WE |
Andrew Prigodich | M | ||
Ray Price | PhenoVista Biosciences | Vice President, Business Development | M |
Judy Prasad | KickStart Venture Services | Operations & Program Manager | A |
John Power | WE | ||
Nick Plugis | Flagship Pioneering | Principal | WE |
Charlie Petty | Adjuvant Capital | Principal, Co-Founder | WE |
Aris Persidis | Biovista | CEO/COO | WE |
Joe Peng | Harvard Business School | Lead, Sponsorship | NT |
Ian Peikon | Lux | Venture Partner | WE |
Robin Rasor | Duke OTC | Associate VP | A |
Thomas Gundelund Rasmussen | Kaleido Biosciences | M | |
Anjali Ramaswamy | Yale University | Co-Managing Director, EVP Education | NT |
Chandra Ramanathan | Bayer | Global Head, Pharma R&D Open Innovation | A |
Vyas Ramanan | Third Rock | Principle | WE |
Krish Ramadurai | Harmonix Fund | Partner | WE |
Ted Raad | Pulmatrix | CEO | WE |
Benjamin Quiroga | Humboldt Fund | General Partner | WE |
Devin Quintan | MPM | Sr. Associate | WE |
Elias Quijano | Yale University | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Gita Reinitz | NFX | Principal | WE |
Paul Reginato | MIT | M | |
Hunter Reed | Alexandria Venture Investments | Senior Associate | A |
Terry Rosen | Arcus Biosciences | CEO | A |
Don Rose | Hatteras Venture Partners | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Special A | WE |
Genevieve Rogers | MIT | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Oscar Rodarte | Biocom | Capital Development Manager | A |
Dan Robinson | KdT Ventures | Venture Partner | WE |
Phil Robilotto | UMB TTO | DIR | A |
Antonieta Salguero Rivera | Harvard University | Lead, Alumni Relations | NT |
Marie Rippen | LabLaunch | COO | WE |
Aaron Ring | Yale University | Assistant Professor | WE |
Jen Riedel | WE | ||
Jason Rhodes | Atlas Venture | Partner at Atlas | A |
Alec Reynolds | Flagship Pioneering | SVP | WE |
Josh Resnick | WE | ||
Aaron Sandowski | Norwich Ventures | WE | |
Manuel Sanchez-Felix | Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research | M | |
Cami Samuels | Venrock | Partner | WE |
Michael Sailor | UCSD | Professor | A |
Jessica Sagers | RA Capital | WE | |
David Sable | Columbia | Lecturer, Investor | A |
Aaron Sabin | Harvard Business School | Co-Director, Operations | NT |
Nidhi Sabharwal | Rockefeller Tech Transfer | Assistant Director, Business Development & Licensing | A |
Jason Ruth | 5AM Ventures | Principal | WE |
Andrew Rudd | Palm Therapeutics | Founder & CSO | M |
Ifat Rubin-Bejerano | HMS Translational Research Programs | WE | |
Alexis Rovner | 64X Bio | CEO | WE |
Eva Rouanet | Harvard Business School | M | |
Avi Rosenbaum | Tectonic | Partner | WE |
Erika Selli | WE | ||
Joachim (Joe) Seidel | Medsight | Principal | WE |
Kimmy Scotti | 8VC | Founding Partner | WE |
Tim Scott | Biocom | Board Member, CEO | WE |
Sarah Sclarsic | Material Impact | Entrepreneur, Investor, & A | WE |
Daniel Schoener | M | ||
Stephen Schoenberger | LJI | Professor | A |
Robert Schneider | NYU | PI | A |
Jurgen Schmeid | Gattaquant | CEO | WE |
Judy Savitskaya | Andreessen Horowitz | Partner | WE |
Donaldson Santos | USC Stevens | Director of Licensing | A |
Kevin Sani | Harvard Business School | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Erika Smith | Renetx Bio | CEO | WE |
Sammi Sison | UCSD | NT | |
Sean Simpson | Lanzatech | CSO | WE |
Sierra Simpson | Brilliant Biome | Co-founder | M |
Manny Simons | WE | ||
Pam Silver | Harvard | Pam Silver-Lab | A |
Danielle Silva | Capital As Group | VP | WE |
Avery Sikora | Harvard Life Lab | WE | |
Dan Siegal | Ginkgo Bioworks | Associate Director | M |
Beth Sidenberg | Westlake Village BioPartners | Founding Managing Director/General Partner | A |
Yilan Shi | Simply Independent | CEO | M |
Alex Shen | Kite Pharma | Sr. Manager | M |
Armon Sharei | WE | ||
James Shanahan | M | ||
Isaac Stoner | Octagon Therapeutics | CEO | WE |
Althea Stillman | IP Group | Associate Director | WE |
Jeff Stevens | Alexandria LaunchLabs | Head of LaunchLabs - Cambridge and Vice President at Alexandria Venture Investments | A |
Angela Steinway | Integra | Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Private Label | M |
Lauren Stanwicks | UCSD | Communciations Lead | NT |
Monica Stanciu | WE | ||
Raja Srinvas | Asimov | CSO | WE |
Hannah Spinner | Harvard University | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Ricky Spero | Redbud Labs | Co-founder, CEO | WE |
Susan Sobolov | Caelum Biosciences | CEO | WE |
Whitney Snider | Alexandria Launch Labs | Head of LaunchLabs NYC; Principal, Alexandria Venture Investments | WE |
Eric L Smith | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | M | |
Shara Ticku | C16 Bio | CEO, Cofounder | WE |
Bibek Thapa | Boston University | Lead, Communications | NT |
Raman Talwar | Flagship Pioneering | Senior Associate | WE |
Laura Tadvalkar | M | ||
Laura Tadvalkar | RA Capital | Principal | M |
Mike Tadross | Duke BME | assistant professor | WE |
Satish Tadikonda | Avigo Solutions | M | |
Sheri Sussex | Harvard Business School | Co-Director, External Partnerships | NT |
Ying Sun | Salk Institute | Lead, Tech Strategy | NT |
Carol Suh | ARCH ventures | Principal | WE |
Marc Succi | MGH MESH | WE | |
Tina Su | Yale University | Co-Director of Strategy | NT |
Troy Stovall | Maryland TEDCO | CEO | WE |
Jeff Vockrodt | Culhane Meadows | Partner | A |
Francois Vigneault | Shape Therapeutics | CEO | WE |
Kartika Venugopal | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Lead, M Relations | NT |
Aditya Vasan | UCSD | NT | |
Paul Turner | Felix Biotech | Professor | A |
Roxanne Tully | Piva VC | Associate | WE |
Tara Basu Trivedi | Harvard Business School | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Brett Trimble | Integra | VP Strategy | M |
Theresa Tribble | The Engine | Operating Partner | WE |
Cody Tranbarger | Casdin Capital | Analyst | WE |
Ariane Tom | Anzu Partners | Investor | M |
George Tolomiczenko | Caltech | Executive Director | A |
Jeremy Wertheimer | Biological Engineering Ventures | Partner | WE |
Jing-Ke Weng | Whitehead Institute | Whitehead Institute Member, Plant Biology, Metabolism, Genetics & Genomics | WE |
James Weis | nest.bio | WE | |
Erica Weinstein | Flagship Pioneering | Principal | WE |
Zheng Wei | Yale University | Co-Director of Strategy (Tech Recruitment) | NT |
Kevin Weeks | Ribometrix | Kenan Distinguished Professor, Founder | WE |
Andrew Warren | Third Rock Ventures | Sr. Associate | WE |
Chris Warren | Tufts University | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Ben Wang | Chimera Bioengineering | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Sophia Wang | Mycoworks | Co-founder | WE |
D.A. Wallach | Time BioVentures | General Partner | WE |
Lexo Walker | Harvard Law School | Lead, Sponsorship | NT |
Sheryl Waddell | Innovate Carolina | Director, Innovate Carolina Global Network | A |
Ting Wu | Wyss Institute | PI, Wu Lab | A |
Anna Wong | Yale University | Co-Director, Strategy | NT |
Harim Won | Harvard University | Director, Innovation Fellowship | NT |
Ben Wolkon | Muus | Manager of Sustainable Investments | WE |
Bennett Wolf | Harvard University | Lead, Venture Creation | NT |
Ryan Witt | UCLA Biodesign / Immix Biopharma | Hub Director / COO | A |
Brent Witgen | Brazen Bio | Co Founder and COO | WE |
Joe Wilson | Undeterred Capital | Managing Partner | WE |
Mandi Williams | Harvard Law School | Director, Sponsorship | NT |
Trevor Wilkins | ScaleHealth | Director of Growth | A |
Russ Wilcox | WE | ||
Dave Whelan | Bioscience LA | CEO | A |
Abe Yokell | Congruent VC | MD | WE |
Gene Yeo | UCSD | Professor and Entrepreneur | A |
Belle (Hanrong) Ye | Boston University | Lead, Culture & Networking | NT |
David Yang | 8VC | Associate | WE |
Jason Yang | Rutgers | PI | A |
Stephanie Yanchinski | Caltech Resnick Sustainability Institute | Director of Entrepreneurial Programs Resnick Institute | A |
Chong Xu | WE | ||
Howard Xu | CSULA / BioSpaceLA | Associate Professor / Director of Incubator Development and Programming | A |
Fang Xie | Harvard Medical School | Co-Director, Communications | NT |
Anton Xavier | Silicon Valley Bank | Director, Life Sciences Banking | WE |
Frances Wu | Harvard University | Lead, Clinical Relations | NT |
Wei Zhao | WE | ||
Yipeng Zhao | Embark Ventures | MP / Co-Founder | WE |
Kelly Zhang | UCLA | Co-Director, Communications | NT |
Tom Zhang | Johns Hopkins University | Student | NT |
Zipeng Zeng | University of Southern California | Co-Director of Sponsorship & Finance | NT |
Hossam Zaki | Brown University | Lead, Strategy | NT |
Carlo Yuvienco | NYCEDC | VP, Life Sciences | WE |
Marie Yurkovich | Cambrian Biopharma | Venture Director | WE |
Hanadie Yousef | Juvena Therapeutics | CEO | WE |
David Younger | A-Alpha Bio | CEO, Co-Founder | WE |
Ally Yost | The Engine | Senior Associate | WE |
Brian Yordy | F-Prime | Sr. Associate | WE |
Bryan Yoo | Nuanced Health | CEO / Co-Founder | WE |
Asaf Zviron | C2i | CEO, CSO | WE |
Grant Zimmerman | Harvard OTD | WE | |
Meilin Zhu | MIT | Lead, WE Relations | NT |
Dan Zheng | M | ||
Alex Zhavonorov | Insilico Medecine | CEO | WE |
Regional
managing directors
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Boston (Nucleate Bio)
- Oliver Dodd
- Jeff Knox
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Boston (Nucleate Eco)
- Sam Goldman
- Rebecca Hu
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New York
- Michael Retchin
- Arielle Strasser
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Bay Area
- Abhishek Gupta
- Laura Liu
- Zach Cogan
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San Diego
- Amir Ferry
- Sammi Sison
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Los Angeles
- Adhi Sikand
- Alex Kim
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New Haven
- Anjali Ramaswamy
- Stephen Lanahan
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Research Triangle
- Brianna Vickerman
- Vicki Goldenshtein
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Houston
- Manwal Harb
- Marjan Majid
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Baltimore
- Gosia Latallo
- Marta Majcherska-Agrawal
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Boston (Nucleate Bio)
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Boston (Nucleate Eco)
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New York
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Bay Area
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San Diego
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Los Angeles
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New Haven
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Research Triangle
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Houston
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Baltimore