Team
We are a team of experts in molecular biology, regulatory management, and clinical development
Team

Panos Argiras
Senior Director, External Manufacturing

Lucas Buchheim-Jurisson
Associate Director, Corporate Strategy

Elvin Ruan
Senior Director, Genome Editing

Salvatore Amato
Senior Director, Finance

Ryo Takeuchi
Director, Genome Editing

Qin Xiang
Director, Analytical Development and QC

Meltem Isik
Associate Director, Bioinformatics

Wenwen Huo
Senior Computational Biologist

Sam Slattery
Senior Scientist, Nonviral Delivery

Nadia Amrani, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Genome Editing

Kevin Luk, Ph.D.
Scientist, Genome Editing

Shari Fox
Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Pamela Castillo
Senior Corporate Development Associate
R&D Partners

Kamel Khalili, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Founder
Temple University,
School of Medicine


Tricia Burdo, Ph.D.
Preclinical R&D
Temple University,
School of Medicine

Ilker Sariyer, DVM Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Temple University,
School of Medicine
Amir Khalili, M.S.
Program Manager
Temple University, School of Medicine
Board of Directors
Scientific Advisory Board
John Baxter, M.D.
Cooper University Medical Center
(HIV Clinician)
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Toni Cathomen, Ph.D.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
(Gene Therapy)
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Joseph Berger, M.D.
Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania
(JC Virus & PML)
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Nicole Paulk, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
(Oncology & AAV)
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Lisa Danzig, M.D.
Life Sciences Executive
(Global Health)
David Thomas, M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
(Hepatitis B)
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David Clifford, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
(PML and HIV)
Joseph Bondy-Denomy, Ph.D.
​University of California San Francisco
(CRISPR Inhibitors)
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Keith Jerome, M.D., Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center
(Herpes Simplex Viruses, Hepatitis B)
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Kamel Khalili, PhD
Temple University School of Medicine (Neurovirology and Gene Therapy)
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Mike Walker, Ph.D.
Stanford University
(Bioinformatics)
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Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D.University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus(JC Virus & PML)
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Timothy M. Block, Ph.D.
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
(Hepatitis B)
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