Moonwalk Biosciences

Pioneering novel therapeutics in adipose biology and tissue, driven by deep genetic and epigenetic insights

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Moonwalk's Leadership Team

Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, CEO

Pam Cheng, PhD

VP of Product

Elaine Cheung, MS

Chief Business Officer

Arash Jamshidi, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CTO

John Liles, PhD

VP Biology & Translational Science

Justin Valley, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Platform Officer

Moonwalk's Team

Feng Zhang, PhD

Scientific Co-Founder

Sara Fakhretaha Aval

Scientist II, RNA & Molecular Biology

Alex Campbell, MS

Scientist II, R&D

Alexander Fields, PhD

Director, Bioinformatics & ML/AI

Jen Fleischer, MS, JD

Head of Intellectual Property

Larry Garrido

Director of Facilities & Lab Operations

Ford Hinojosa-Kirschenbaum

Staff Scientist, Biology

Erle Holgersen

Staff Scientist

Stanley Hsieh, PhD

Director, Functional Genetics

Ali Jazayeri

Staff Scientist, Biology

Rigel Kishton, PhD

Head of Immunology Research

Pedro Mendez

Director, Research

Matthew Shin, PhD

Scientist II - Delivery Sciences

Kaushik Thakkar, PhD

Principal Scientist

Jeff Weng

Associate Scientist

Katie Wilson

Principal Scientist

Liyang Zhang, PhD

Associate Director, R&D

Cardiometabolic Advisory Board

Paul Cohen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Rockefeller University

Silvia Corvera, MD

UMass Chan Medical School

Michael Czech, PhD

UMass Chan Medical School

Shingo Kajimura, PhD

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Rohit Loomba, MD

MHSc, UCSD MASLD Research Center

Scientific Advisors

Peter Attia, MD

Eric Green, MD

Former CSO and Co-founder of Maze Therapeutics

Matt Kaeberlein, PhD

CEO at Optispan, formerly University of Washington

Kathrin Plath, PhD

Professor, Biological Chemistry, UCLA

John Rinn, PhD

University of Colorado Boulder BioFrontier’s Institute

Ed Scolnick, MD

Former President of Merck Research Laboratories; Core Broad Institute Member and Chief Scientist Emeritus

Mike Varney, MD

Moonwalk News

October 21, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences to Present New Epigenetic Data at ObesityWeek® 2024 and The Liver Meeting® 2024

August 19, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences Appoints VP of Biology and Translational Science and Announces Formation of Cardiometabolic Advisory Board

May 2, 2024

ASGCT 2024: Moonwalk Biosciences Presents Multiplex Epigenetic Engineering Platform

January 4, 2024

A new startup from Feng Zhang and an ex-Illumina executive zeroes in on the epigenome

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