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

Director - Investment
Merieux Equity Partners

David Kolesky

Principal
MPM BioImpact

Ilya Vensky

General Partner
Provisio Ventures

Founders & C-Level Leaders

Thimmaiah Chendrimada

Founder
Able Sciences

Bo Ying

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Abogen Biosciences

Amin Khan

Chief Science, World Health Organization & Messenger Ribonucleic acid Program Advisor
Afrigen Biologics

Daryl Drummond

Chief Scientific Officer
Akagera Medicines

Robert Schwartz

Chief Scientific Officer
Animatus Biosciences

Joseph Payne

President & CEO
Arcturus Therapeutics

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Vincent Serra

Chief Scientific & Operating Officer
Arnity Therapeutics

Manmohan Singh

Chief Technology Officer
Beam Therapeutics

Xian Zeng

Co-Founder & CEO
Byterna Therapeutics

Haig Aghajanian

Co-Founder, Vice President & Head of Research
Capstan Therapeutics

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Ajay Gupta

Co- Founder, President, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Celestial Therapeutics

Alexander Zehnder

Chief Executive Officer
CureVac

Thomas Langenickel

Chief Medical Officer
Ethris

Jaehyun Choi

Chief Executive Officer (Research & Development)
Genexine

Thomas Lyle-Temple

Chief Executive Officer
Grann Pharmaceuticals

Peter Berglund

CSO
HDT Bio

Zach Zhu

Chief Technology Officer
Innorna

Nick Valiante

Co-Founder and CSO
Innovac Therapeutics

Nicholas Restifo

Chief Medical Officer
Medici Therapeutics

Randall Hyer

CEO
Merlin Biotech

Gilles Besin

Chief Scientific Officer
Orbital Therapeutics

Ron Philip

Chief Executive Officer & Director
Orbital Therapeutics

Joe Bolen

Chief Executive Officer
Orna Therapeutics

Soham Sankaran

Founder & Managing Director
PopVax

Natalia Martin Orozco

Chief Scientific Officer
Providence Therapeutics

Sophia Lugo

Chief Executive Officer
Radar Therapeutics

Nathaniel Wang

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Replicate Bioscience

Priya Mande

Chief Executive Officer
RNAvate

Trevor J Hallam

Chief Scientific Officer
Sail Biomedicines

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Abhinav Shukla

Chief Technical Officer
Shattuck Labs

Xiangrong Song

CEO & Co-founder
WestGene Biopharma

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Bruce Turner

Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Xanadu Bio

Jason Zhang

CEO
Zipcode Bio

Biopharma Industry Leaders

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Beata Chertok

Team Lead
AstraZeneca

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George Thom

Director
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
CSL

Chijian Zuo

Vice President
CureMed Biomedical Technology

Markus Bergmann

Vice President
CureVac

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John Zuris

Senior Director - Delivery and Editing Technologies
Editas Medicine

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Jimit Raghav

Scientist II, DMPK
Editas Medicine

Sean Bedingfield

Senior Advisor
Eli Lilly

Diana M Posadas

Downstream Process Development Scientist II
GreenLight BioSciences

Jessica Kenison-White

Scientific Director
Immunocodex

Nikola Ivica

Co founder - Head of Discovery
InnDura Therapeutics

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Weijun Chen

Director of RNA Technologies
Intellia Therapeutics

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Rachel Groppo

Director - self-amplifying Ribonucleic Acid team Lead
Johnson & Johnson

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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

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Shyam Kumar Gudey

Principal Scientist
Moderna

Shefal Parikh

Senior Director Drug Substance
nChromaBio

Mark Chipley

Principal Scientist
Pfizer

Edo Kon

Director - Business Development
RiboX Therapeutics

Dan Shores

Partner
Rothwell Figg

Jianmei Kochling

Senior Director & Head Of Analytical Development Chemistry Manufacturing Controls & messenger Ribonucleic Acid Center of Excelle
Sanofi

Ashoka Madduri

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

Allen Tseng

Senior Principal Scientist
Strand Therapeutics

Jaspreet Khurana

Senior Director
Strand Therapeutics

Chauncey Zeng

Associate Director
Tessera Therapeutics

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Ashish Kulkarni

Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Hamideh Parhiz

Assistant Professor- Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania

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Kui Wang

Director - Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Sciences
Verve Therapeutics

Pioneering Speaking Partners

Ioana Panait

Senior Researcher
Beacon

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Jeff Heiser

Chief Scientific Officer, Microbial & Advanced Therapeutic Platforms
BA Sciences

Joel McDade

Director - Technical Sales
Quantum Si

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Ole Haabeth

Senior Director
Nutcracker Therapeutics

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Scott Alderucci

Director of Process Development
Curia

Wayne Doyle

Head Associate Director, Platform
Eclipse Bio

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