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INSTITUTIONS

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP

Nello (Hanwen) Gu

Nello (Hanwen) Gu
Co-Managing Director
Emma Lederer
Co-Managing Director
Dan Carr
Co-Director of Activator
Neelakshi Mungra
Co-Director of Activator
Iris Stone
Director of Partnerships and Finance
Braden Carrol
Co-Director of Communications
Justas Rodarte
Co-Director of Operations/Co-Director of Communications
Ilya Veil
Co-Director of Operations
Akinsola Oyelakin
Director of Operations
Aileen Sun
Operations Lead
Peter Grotz
Operations Lead
Nick Skiados
Partnerships Lead
Meagan Quinlan
Partnerships Lead
Jessica Oda
Partnerships Lead
Marcelina Wezik
Nicole Gunderson
Tommy Primo
Yang Zhou
Yash Sonthalia
Yuliya Politans
Dante Acenas
Senior Strategic Advisor
Guoyue Xu
Senior Strategic Advisor
Abishek Sankaranarayanan
Senior Strategic Advisor

UW<br />PhD Candidate — Nello (Hanwen) Gu
Co-Managing Director - UW
PhD Candidate

Dept. of Immunology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Emma Lederer
Co-Managing Director - Dept. of Immunology, UW
PhD Candidate

Dept. of Immunology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Dan Carr
Co-Director of Activator - Dept. of Immunology, UW
PhD Candidate

Seattle Children's Hospital<br />Research Fellow — Neelakshi Mungra
Co-Director of Activator - Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Fellow

The Allen Institute<br />Shanahan Research Fellow — Iris Stone
Director of Partnerships and Finance - The Allen Institute
Shanahan Research Fellow

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Braden Carrol
Co-Director of Communications - Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UW
PhD Candidate

Dept. of Immunology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Justas Rodarte
Co-Director of Operations/Co-Director of Communications - Dept. of Immunology, UW
PhD Candidate

<br /> — Ilya Veil
Co-Director of Operations

Seattle Children's Hospital<br />Post-Doc — Akinsola Oyelakin
Director of Operations - Seattle Children's Hospital
Post-Doc

<br /> — Aileen Sun
Operations Lead

Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics<br />Research Associate — Peter Grotz
Operations Lead - Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics
Research Associate

Dept. of Pharmacology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Nick Skiados
Partnerships Lead - Dept. of Pharmacology, UW
PhD Candidate

Allen Institute for Brain Science<br />Scientist — Meagan Quinlan
Partnerships Lead - Allen Institute for Brain Science
Scientist

Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Jessica Oda
Partnerships Lead - Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UW
PhD Candidate

<br /> — Marcelina Wezik

<br /> — Nicole Gunderson

<br /> — Tommy Primo

<br /> — Yang Zhou

<br /> — Yash Sonthalia

<br /> — Yuliya Politans

Dept. of Immunology, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Dante Acenas
Senior Strategic Advisor - Dept. of Immunology, UW
PhD Candidate

Dept. of Global Health, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Guoyue Xu
Senior Strategic Advisor - Dept. of Global Health, UW
PhD Candidate

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UW<br />PhD Candidate — Abishek Sankaranarayanan
Senior Strategic Advisor - Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UW
PhD Candidate

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