Our Team

Peter Alff

Senior Venture Partner

Marc Appel

Founder & CEO

Miguel Castellanos

Director of Quality Assurance

Catherine DeMarr

VP of Human Resources

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Brittany Fitzgerald

Chief of Staff to COO

& Associate Director

Ryan Fox

Chief Operating Officer

John Freshley

Venture Partner

Richard Ganz

Senior Venture Partner

Lutz Giebel

Executive Chairman

Bill Han

VP & Head of Intellectual Property

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Lauren Huizenga

Associate General Counsel

Amanda Hutchins

HR Generalist & Scientific Recruiter

Michael Kalos

SVP & Head of Cell Therapy

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Brett Katz

Investment Analyst

Omar Khan

Director of Cell Therapy

Amanda Kneipp

Executive Assistant to COO & CBO

Hua Liao

VP & Head of Pharmacology

& Biochemistry

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Patricia Luna

Controller

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Bill Miller

VP & Head of Medicinal Chemistry

Garin Murphy

Chief Business Officer

& General Counsel

Rishi Nair

Head of Crypto Strategy

Taylor Negrete

Executive Assistant to CEO

Ken Olivier

Chief Development Officer

Shruti Parab

CMC Consultant

Jason Rizzo

Senior Director &

Head of Translational Biology

Christopher Ryan

Vice President of CMC

Colin Sheehan

Associate Director

Aubrey Smith

Associate Director

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Glenn Smits

VP Non-Clinical Safety & Toxicology

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Jennifer Vella-Chentorycki

Associate Director

Bruce Weaver

CMC Consultant

Diane Yu

Chief of Staff to CEO 

& Associate Director