Board & Advisors
Our highly skilled leadership team is supported by world-class industry advisors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alexandra Cantley, Ph.D.
Partner, Polaris Partners
Previously: Inzen Therapeutics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Education: Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts, New York University
Yingmin Wang, Ph.D.
Director, MedTech, ClavystBio
Previously: Applied Materials Southeast Asia, Singapore Economic Development Board, Antler, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Education: Ph.D. in Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech); Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Steve Kafka, Ph.D.
Managing Partner, Section 32
Previously: Thrive Earlier Detection, ArcherDX, Foundation Medicine, Third Rock Ventures
Education: Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, Stanford University
Stanley Lapidus
Former Board of Directors Member, Glympse Bio
Previously: Cytyc, Exact Sciences, SynapDx, Helicos Biosciences, Pillar VC
Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Huilin Shao, Ph.D.
Founder, Sunbird Bio and Presidential Young Professor / Principal Investigator, National University of Singapore
Education: Ph.D. in Biophysics, Harvard University; Ph.D. in Biomedical / Medical Engineering, Harvard Medical School and MIT; Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and Physics, Cornell University
John McDonough
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, Sunbird Bio
Previously: Seventh Sense Biosystems, T2 Biosystems, Cytyc Corporation
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Stonehill College
CLINICAL ADVISORS
Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Sc.D., FAAN
Joy Chambers-Grundy Professor of Brain Sciences; Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience
Currently: Co-Director, Pam Quirk Brain Health and Biomarker Laboratory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Innovation Incubator (NNOVATOR); Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Previously: Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas; Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at University of California, Los Angeles; Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics at University of California, Los Angeles
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Education: Neurology Residency and Fellowship, Boston University; Research Fellowship in Neuropathology and Neuropsychiatry, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London
Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., FAAN
Behavioral Neurologist, Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program, and Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute
Previously: Cleveland Clinic; Banner Health; University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Education: Doctor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson; Neurology Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D.
Director, Metals Laboratory, and Director, Clinical Immunoassay Lab, Mayo Clinic
Previously: Arkansas Children’s Hospital; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Physicians Laboratory of America
Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder; Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, University of Utah
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
Bob Langer
David H. Koch Institute Professor, Langer Lab, MIT
Previously and Current: Founder of more than 30 companies, including Moderna and InVivo
Education: Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT
Sangeeta Bhatia, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Matrisome Bio, Port Therapeutics, Satellite Bio, Glympse Bio; Fellow / Board of Trustees, Brown University; Board of Directors, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; and Professor / Director, Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine, MIT
Previously: Hepregen, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, MIT; MS in Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University
Gabriel Kwong, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Port Therapeutics, Glympse Bio; Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology / Director, Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity
Previously: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
Education: Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Caltech