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

Timur Yarovinsky, MD, PhD
V.P. Discovery
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