Our People
Diversity, the root of every great innovation
At Mekonos, brilliance is the baseline. Nobel-laureate and world-renowned scientific advisors and leaders guide our team with unparalleled experience in gene delivery and cell engineering.
Leadership
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Anil Narasimha, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO
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Ben Borgo, PhD
COO
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VP, Product
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Mark Webb
VP, Engineering
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Jacob Lesnik
VP, Business Development
Meet the Team
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Stefan Arteaga
Chief of Staff
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Thomas Masterson
Operations Manager
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Nupur Sinha
Senior Director, People Operations
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Jay Bhayani
Director of Finance
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Marcela Galvis
Senior Project Manager
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Marc Chooljian, PhD
Senior Director, R&D
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Shruti Preetam, PhD
Senior Scientist II
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Hani Gomez, PhD
Senior MEMS Engineer
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Amir Tahmasebipour, PhD
Senior Scientist II
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Jacek Lechowicz
Senior Process Engineer
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Varoon Aluri
Associate Scientist
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Emma Lepri
Research Associate, Microfluidics
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Yu Ting (Bill) Chow, PhD
Principal Systems Engineer
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Lewis Pietropaoli
Embedded Systems Engineer
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Charles Nguyen
Systems Integration Engineer
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Sean Higley
Software Engineer II
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Robert Onorato
Staff Mechanical Engineer I
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Marco Galfre
Senior Electrical Engineer II
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Lyn Walker
Software Engineer II
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David Steele
Associate Director, Chip Realization
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Giridar (Giri) Vishwanathan
Senior Engineer II
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Eldon Chou
Senior Director, R&D
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Lauren Goetsch
Associate Scientist
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Daniel McKim
Senior Scientist I
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Katarina Maier
Research Associate, Biology
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Carl Blumenfeld
Associate Director, Chemistry
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Joseph Adetunji Onikoyi
Senior Scientist, Chemistry
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Austin Abrams
Scientist II
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Janet Medina
People Operations Specialist
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Mihikaa Jain
Business Development Associate
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Savannah Afsahi
Senior Product Manager
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Stefanie Selck
Associate Director, PMO
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Alexander Schmidt
Senior Process Engineer
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Ashley Tsue
Scientist, Chemical Sciences
Scientific Advisors
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Irving Weissman, MD
Professor of Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, Professor of Pathology, and of Developmental Biology at Stanford University
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Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology at Stanford University; 2022 Nobel laureate, Chemistry
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Cassian Yee, MD
Professor in the Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Department of Immunology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Director of the Solid Tumor Cell Therapy Program
Board of Directors
Anil Narasimha, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO, Mekonos
Neil Tiwari
Founding Member, Healthcare & Tech Investments, Magnetar Capital
Kurt Keilhacker
General Partner, Elementum Ventures
Milad Alucozai
Head of Bio and Deep Tech, BoxOne Ventures
