About Us

Our leadership team comprises accomplished scientific founders with a leading expertise in the field of cell and gene therapy, a serial entrepreneur CEO, and an  executive team with over 20 years of experience and success in cell therapy 

Team Members

Sarah Hein, PhD

CEO, Co-Founder

Max Mamonkin, PhD

CSO, Co-Founder

Malcolm Brenner, MD, Phd

Co-founder and Chair Scientific Advisory Board

Victoria Lake, RAC

Head of Regulatory

Doris Sanchez

Head of Clinical Development and Product StRategy

Bambi Grilley, RAC

Regulatory Strategy and Translation

Aaron Vernon, MS

Strategic Advisor Technical Operations

Federica Giordano, PhD

Associate Director of Operations

Board Members

Sarah Hein, PhD

CEO, Co-Founder

Max Mamonkin, PhD

CSO, Co-Founder

Thomas Luby, PhD

TMC Ventures

Joseph Petrosino, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Omar Haneef, MBA

Small Ventures

Steven Lehmann, MBA

Portal Innovations

Advisory Members

Malcolm Brenner, MD, Phd​

Co-founder and Chair Scientific Advisory Board

Helen Heslop, MD

Director Cell and Gene Therapy Center, Baylor College of Medicine

LaQuisa Hill, MD

Assistant Professor Hematology, Baylor College of Medicine

Steve Horwitz, MD

Oncologist, T-cell Lymphoma, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Swaminathan P. Iyer, MD

Professor Department of Lymphoma / Myeloma, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Investors & Partners

Investors & Partners