The NextRNA Team

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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

Scientific Advisors

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