Team
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Linda Chio Senior Scientist, Gene Therapy Linda owns Gordian’s viral vector development and production. She joined us after a PhD at UC Berkeley.
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Chris Towne VP, Gene Therapy Towny’s long career in AAV gene therapy took him from Australia to EPFL and Stanford. He oversees preclinical gene therapy at Gordian.
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Chris Carrico Senior Scientist, Platform Carrico bridges our molecular and data science efforts, taking on special projects across our platform. PhD at UWashington, Postdoc at the Buck.
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Martin Borch Jensen CSO Martin guides our strategy to eliminate age-related disease, after giving up a K99 fellowship at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Francisco LePort CEO Company dad (and the team’s first actual dad), Francisco has a PhD in physics and was the AI brains & CSO at Tachyus.
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Ian Driver Head of Bioinformatics Ian has been single-cell sequencing since the Fluidigm days, and makes our data magic happen. Previously led scSeq at Amgen.
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Daniel Fuentes Senior Scientist, Molecular Biologist Dan designs & clones big screening libraries, and the secret technology that makes them work. He joined Gordian after a PhD at Stanford.
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Hikaru Miyazaki Scientist, Single Cell Hikaru controls the flow of data at Gordian, coordinating the entire process of turning tissues into bits. Her UCSF PhD was with Klein/Gartner.
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Alex Araki Research Associate, Gene Therapy Alex performs animal surgeries and gene therapy experiments. He was previously a genome engineer with Krishanu Saha in Wisconsin.
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Smitha Shambhu Research Associate, Platform Smitha joins us from a Master’s at UCF, where she studied microbial genomics. At Gordian she’s part of the single cell sequencing team.
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Wyatt Morgan Scientist, Molecular Biology Wyatt is a multi-cellular organism who works on single-cell screens. He loves creating and editing DNA, is an avid chess player, and a Stanford BS.
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Bharath Kumandan VP, Operations Bharath oversees everything from finding new Gors to our lab operations. He joins us with experience from Aligos Tx, J&J, and Alios Biopharma.
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Vishwa Sontake Head of Lung Biology Vishwa has been attacking pulmonary fibrosis from every biological angle, and now leads our IPF discovery program.
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Neety Sahu Head of Osteoarthritis Biology Neety is leading Gordian’s OA discovery program, after an academic career in orthopedic medicine.
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Vinay Kartha Senior Scientist, Computational Biology Probing single-cell states across modalities, Vinay joins us from the Buenrostro lab at the Broad.
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Nino Solano Associate Manager, Facilities Nino supports Gordian’s science by keeping the lab shipshape, and instruments and events running smoothly.
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Dimitry Popov Senior Scientist, Data Engineer Dimitry is the central hub for Gordian’s sequencing data, and has been managing bio pipelines and databases for a decade.
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Chase Bowman Research Associate, Gene Therapy Chase supports vector production in Gordian’s gene therapy team, enabling all our experimental work.
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Carmen Le Research Associate, Gene Therapy A master’s degree in biology gave Carmen the skills to support multiple disease programs at Gordian.
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Lianna Fung Scientist, Molecular Biology Joining us from a PhD at UC Irvine, Lianna brings her genetic engineering and RNA imaging skills to bear on Gordian’s technology.
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Jingshu Chen Scientist, Single Cell Jingshu is applying her years of experience at Harvard Medical School and Texas A&M to isolate and analyze single cells from various organs.
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Jesi Nonora Research Associate, In Vivo Jesi minds the mice and rats, joining us from supporting labs at In Vivo Technologies.
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Arnav Gupta Senior Data Analyst, Human Genomics Joining us as after completing his MS in Computational Biology at CMU, Arnav supports all operations of Data Team, with a focus on Deep Learning in Human Genomics.
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Barrett Hansen Senior Associate, People Operations Barrett comes to us with a background recruiting for large tech companies and has eagerly jumped into the world of life sciences! She leads our People Operations and Recruiting Efforts.
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Sophia Ruiz Animal Care Technician, In Vivo Background in animal science, deals with daily husbandry tasks for our mice and rats, making sure they are as happy and healthy as can be.
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Joanne Hsieh Head of Liver Biology Joanne is our resident NASH aficionado who leads our Liver Program and is on a mission to make the liver healthier. She comes to us from Columbia University where she studied gastrointestinal metabolism.
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Corey Landry Scientist, Complex In Vitro Systems Corey creates complex in vitro models to accelerate preclinical development at Gordian. Biomedical engineer, PhD at Georgia Tech.
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Naoto Muraoka Head of Cardiac Biology Naoto leads our heart program and is an expert in all things HFpEF. He comes to us from University of Washington where he was an acting instructor. With both a Phd and MD focusing on cardiology/cardiovascular disease he has valuable experience to help us push our heart program forward.
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Kim Mackenzie Associate Director, Preclinical Development Kim oversees preclinical validation and development efforts aimed at translating discoveries into impactful therapies for patients. She previously led drug discovery programs in big pharma.
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Amber Lim Research Associate, Platform Amber supports our downstream efforts to analyze target effects, leveraging single cell isolation and sequencing! She joins us with prior research experience at Stanford University and as a genome engineer with Donald Kohn at UCLA.
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Aimee Wessel Scientific Chief of Staff Aimee collaborates with our CSO to drive strategic planning, foster cross-team communication / coordination, and spearheads projects to help us meet our business and scientific goals. As a former founder/CEO of a fast growing biotech, she possesses keen insights into the intricacies required for our continued growth and scalability.
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Gavin Pharaoh Scientist, Preclinical Development Gavin brings his expertise in pre-clinical intervention studies in age-related diseases to Gordian. He joined us after a PhD at OMRF and postdoc at UW.
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At Gordian Biotechnology, we are on a mission to cure age-related disease, allowing people to lead longer, healthier lives and wake up every morning, more capable than the day before.