The NextRNA Team

NextRNA Leadership
NextRNA Team

Kerry McGrath, CPA, MS
Controller/Director of Finance

Maya Rao, PhD
SENIOR SCIENTIST, RNA AND PROTEIN SCIENCES

Matthew Jones
Senior Director, Head of Portfolio Management

Lina Freitas, PhD
Senior Operations Manager

Andrey Dobroff, PhD
Principal Scientist, Target Validation

JS Cleiftie, MS, MBA
CBO & Head of Finance

Ahmed Said
Senior Scientist II, Chemistry

Joe Matarlo, PhD
Senior Scientist, RNA and Protein Sciences

Zori Vargas
Senior Research Associate I

Sara LaFleur
Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO

Bhalchandra Rao, PhD
Senior Scientist II, Biology

Dominique Verhelle, PhD, MBA
Co-Founder, CEO & CSO

Simarjot S. Pabla, PhD
Associate Director, Computational Biology

Spencer Truesdell, MEng
Associate Scientist, Biology

Sean Buchanan, PhD
Director, Biology

Alejandra Raimondi
VP, Head of Biology

Jason Katz, PhD
VP, Head of Drug Discovery

Franz Gruswitz, PhD
Senior Director of RNA & Protein Sciences

Rachel Utama
Computational Biology Co-Op

Nilesh Amatya, PhD
Senior Scientist, Biology

Dorothy Brach
Senior Scientist, Biology

Lorena Pantano, PhD
Director, Head of Computational Biology