Our Team

We’re a team of world-class scientific pioneers with extensive experience in developing transformative therapies for patients.

Pamela Al Jarwani

Prinicpal Specialist, Manufacturing

Billy Alberto

Lab Manager

Kathleen Atkinson

Research Associate II, Cell Differentiation

David Bauer, PhD

Scientist I, Immune Assay Development

Dorit Berlin, PhD

Director, R&D Project and Program Management

Jessica Blumenthal

Human Resources Generalist

Frankie Cervone-Maffa

Research Associate II, Genomics Platform

Melissa Chin

Principal Research Associate, Cell Differentiation

Sam Chun

Specialist II, Manufacturing

Kristina Collavino

Senior Engineer, Process Development

Lindsey Corbin

Senior Specialist, Quality Assurance

Travis Cordie

Senior Manufacturing Manager, Cell Line Derivation

Chad Cowan, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Kristen Dettloff

Research Associate II, Cell Differentiation

Theresa Donegan

Executive Director, Quality Assurance

Rebecca Dufur

Senior Contracts Counsel

Nader El-Sayes, PhD

Scientist I, Translational Immunology

Justin Fang

Principal Research Associate, Molecular Immunology

Kyrillos Farag

Scientist I, Analytical Development

Susan Foster

Associate II, Analytical Development

Kristen Fread, PhD

Scientist I, Cell Differentiation

Thomas Fuller

Scientist I, Cell Engineering

Justin Gallagher

Senior Research Associate, Cell Differentiation

Alexa Galuppo

Research Associate I, T cell Function

Jim Glasheen, PhD

President / Chief Business Officer, Co-Founder

Paul Grafmuller

Head of Human Resources (Consulting)

Ryan Hasselkus

Principal Research Associate, Cell Differentiation

Caroline Haynes

Senior Specialist, Quality Control

Derek Hei, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

Dar Heinze, PhD

Senior Scientist, Cell Differentiation

Ynes Helou, PhD

Senior Scientist, T Cell Function

Danielle Hinish

Senior Specialist, Quality Control

Jun-Yuan Huang

Principal Specialist, Analytical Development

Krista Kauppinen, PhD, JD

Head, Intellectual Property & Associate General Counsel

Melissa Kohler

Associate Director, Quality Control

Chantal Kuhn, PhD

Director, Head of T Cell Programs

Ritikesh Kumar

Executive Director, Business Development

Jonathan Kurtz, PhD

Associate Director, Translational Immunology

Irene Li

Research Associate II, T Cell Function

Zhenyu Luo, PhD

Scientist II, T Cell Engineering & Tumor Immunology

Troy Luster, PhD

Executive Director, Cell Engineering

Jane Lv, PhD

Senior Scientist, Cell Engineering

Eric Ma, PhD

Scientist II, Cell Metabolism

Susan Ma

Associate Director, Quality Assurance

Coleen Mahoney

Executive Assistant

Emily McNally

Principal Research Associate, Molecular Immunology

Wonna Mendoza

Senior Specialist, Manufacturing

David Monteiro, PhD

Scientist II, Computational Biology

Rakhee Naines

Senior Manager, Process Development

Rodolfo Nazitto, PhD

Scientist II, Translational Immunology

Ben Nyer

Principal Research Associate, Cell Engineering

Xiang Pan, PhD

Principal Scientist, Cell Engineering

Divyansi Pandey

Research Associate I, Tumor Immunology

Manishi Pandey, PhD

Senior Scientist, Computational Biology

Fariha Rahman

Senior Specialist, Manufacturing

Gabriella Santone

Principal Research Associate, Translational Immunology

Kerelos Shehata

Research Associate I, Molecular Immunology

Daria Shlyueva, PhD

Senior Scientist, Genomics Platform

Kilian Sottoriva, PhD

Scientist I, Cell Differentiation

Darren St John

Engineer II, Process Development

Faith Thomas

Senior Research Associate, Immune Assays

Leandro Vetcher

Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder

Claire Wang

Engineer II, Process Development

Grant Welstead, PhD

Vice President, Discovery Biology

Dustin Whitney, PhD

Head, Computational Biology

Jeffrey Yao

Engineer II, Process Development

Howard Young

Vice President, Finance

Shuqi Zhang, PhD

Senior Scientist, Molecular Immunology