Board & Advisors
Our highly skilled leadership team is supported by world-class industry advisors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alexandra Cantley
Partner, Polaris Partners
Previously: Inzen Therapeutics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Education: Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts, New York University
Yingmin Wang
Director, Business Development, 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
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
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
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