Speakers

Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the 5th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit.

Global Investors & Venture Capital Leaders

Founders & C-Level Leaders

Biopharma Industry Leaders

Pioneering Speaking Partners

Global Investors & Venture Capital Leaders

Kristin Thompson

Investment Director
Merieux Equity Partners

David Kolesky

Principal
MPM BioImpact

Ilya Vensky

General Partner
Provisio Ventures

Richard Shen

Managing Director & Interim Chief Executive Officer
Sedgwick Yard & Endotope Biosciences

Founders & C-Level Leaders

Thimmaiah Chendrimada

Founder
Able Sciences

Bo Ying

Chief Executive Officer
Abogen Biosciences

Amin Khan

Chief Scientific Advisor
Afrigen Biologics

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Manuel Vega

Chief Executive Officer
AGS Therapeutics

Daryl Drummond

Chief Scientific Officer
Akagera Medicines

Robert Schwartz

Chief Scientific Officer
Animatus Biosciences

Joseph Payne

President & Chief Executive Officer
Arcturus Therapeutics

Vincent Serra

Chief Scientific & Executive Officer
Arnity Therapeutics

Manmohan Singh

Chief Technology Officer
Beam Therapeutics

Xian Zeng

Co-Founder & Board Member
Byterna Therapeutics

Haig Aghajanian

Co-Founder and VP/Head of Research
Capstan Therapeutics

Ajay Gupta

President, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Celestial Therapeutics

Alexander Zehnder

Chief Executive Officer
CureVac

Thomas Langenickel

Chief Medical Officer
Ethris

Thomas Lyle-Temple

Chief Executive Officer
Grann Pharmaceuticals

Peter Berglund

Chief Scientific Officer
HDT Bio

Zach Zhu

Chief Technology Officer
Innorna

Nicholas Valiante

Chief Scientific Officer
Innovac Therapeutics

Nicholas Restifo

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Medici Therapeutics

Randall N. Hyer

Chief Executive Officer
Merlin Biotech

Ron Philip

Chief Executive Officer & Director
Orbital Therapeutics

Gilles Besin

Chief Scientific Officer
Orbital Therapeutics

Joe Bolen

Chief Executive Officer
Orna Therapeutics

Soham Sankaran

Founder, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
PopVax

Natalia Martin-Orozco

Chief Scientific Officer
Providence Therapeutics

Sophia Lugo

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder
Radar Therapeutics

Nathaniel Wang

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Replicate Bioscience

Priya Mande

Chief Executive Officer
RNAvate

Trevor Hallam

Chief Scientific Officer
Sail Biomedicines

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Abhinav Shukla

Chief Technology Officer
Shattuck Labs

Xiangrong Song

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
WestGene Biopharma

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Bruce Turner

Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Xanadu Bio

Jason Zhang

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Zipcode Bio

Biopharma Industry Leaders

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Beata Chertok

Team Lead
AstraZeneca

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George Thom

Director & Team Leader - mRNA
AstraZeneca

Kinkini Roy

Associate Director - Drug Product Development
Aviceda Therapeutics

Andreas Kuhn

Senior Vice President - Ribonucleic Acid Biochemistry & Chemistry Manufacturing Controls Development
BioNTech

Michelle Teplensky

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, and Scientific Founder, Flashpoint Therapeutics
Boston University & Flashpoint Therapeutics

Lingtao Peng

Director, Head, Molecular, Cellular & Synthetic Biology
CSL

Chijian Zuo

Vice President
CureMed Biomedical Technology

Markus Bergmann

Vice President
CureVac

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John Zuris

Senior Director – Delivery & Technologies
Editas Medicine

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Jimit Raghav

Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Scientist
Editas Medicine

Sean Bedingfield

Senior Advisor - Genetic Medicine
Eli Lilly

Jaehyun Choi

Executive Vice President & Head f Research & Development
Genexine

Diana Posadas

Director of Strategic Research
GreenLight BioSciences

Jessica Kenison

Scientific Director
Immunocodex

Nikola Ivica

Co founder - Head of Discovery
InnDura Therapeutics

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Rachel Groppo

Director, Lead Self-Amplifying RNA Team
Johnson & Johnson

Joseph Parrella

Vice President of CMC
Kernal Bio

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Alex Lagadinos

Head of Business Development
Mana Bio

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Carla Vinals

Head of Regulatory Strategy
Moderna

Shyam Gudey

Principal Scientist
Moderna

Shefal Parikh

Senior Director of Drug Substance Development
nChromaBio

Mark Chipley

Principal Scientist
Pfizer

Edo Kon

Director - Business Development
RiboX Therapeutics

Dan Shores

Partner
Rothwell Figg

Ashoka Madduri

Global Head of Scientific Strategy & Intelligence, mRNA Centre of Excellence
Sanofi

Jianmei Kochling

Senior Director & Head Of Analytical Development Chemistry Manufacturing Controls & mRNA Center of Excellence, Vaccine Research
Sanofi

Allen Tseng

Senior Principal Scientist – Synthetic Biology
Strand Therapeutics

Jaspreet Khurana

Senior Director - mRNA programming
Strand Therapeutics

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Chauncey Zeng

Associate Director
Tessera Therapeutics

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Ashish Kulkarni

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Hamideh Parhiz

Assistant Professor- Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania

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Kui Wang

Director of mRNA Sciences & Editing Technology Development
Verve Therapeutics

Pioneering Speaking Partners

Ioana Panait

Technical Lead
Beacon

Joel McDade

Director - Technical Sales
Quantum Si

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May Guo

Chief Commercial Officer
Areterna

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Ole Haabeth

Senior Director
Nutcracker Therapeutics

Wayne Doyle

Associate Director & Head of Platform
Eclipse Bio

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