Our Team

Senior Management and Founders

Bijan Almassian, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CEO Board of Directors

Valerian Nakaar, PhD

Co-Founder, CSO, Sr. Vice President Board of Directors

John Rose, PhD

Co-Founder and Chairman of the SAB

Michael Robek, PhD

Co-Founder, Member of SAB

Deborah Church, MD

Chief Medical Officer

R&D Leadership

Joseph A. Rininger, PhD

V.P. Prod. Dev. and Project Management

King Lee, PhD

V.P. Regulatory Affairs and QA

Start-up Savvy Board Of Directors and Advisors

Bijan Almassian, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CEO Board of Directors

Cynthia D. Green, PhD, MBA

Connecticut Innovations, Pfizer, CuraGen

Fengyou (Frank) Lu

Gerpang Healthcare, Shandong, China

Frank Marco, JD

Wiggin & Dana, SECTTECH, GE Venture Capital Co

Harry H. Penner, Jr.

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Steve Projan, PhD

Senior Executive at MedImmune, Novartis, Wyeth (Pfizer)

Susan Froshauer, PhD

Pfizer, Rib-X (Melinta), CURE

Valerian Nakaar, PhD

Co-Founder, CSO, Sr. Vice President Board of Directors

Highly Active and Involved Scientific Advisory Board

John Rose, PhD

Co-Founder and Chairman of the SAB

Michael Robek, PhD

Co-Founder, Member of SAB

Jack R. Wands, MD

Professor and Director, Liver Research Center, Brown University School of Medicine

Steven Geary, PhD

Professor Pathology and Veterinary Science Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut

Gil G. Mor, MD, PhD

Professor and Scientific Director , C.S, Mott Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Professor Yale School of Medicine

Kepeng Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor at UConn Health University of Connecticut

Ayesha Alvero, MD, MSc

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University; Member Molecular Therapeutics Group, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

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