MEET THE TEAM
* visiting/consulting appointments
Administration
Samantha Lekus, MS
COO*
Anne Hillegas, D.Sc.
Director of Business Development
Nicole Malvase
Business Manager
Scientists
Scientist*
(Physiology, Biophysics)
Peter Hirshberg
Principal Scientist
(Technology)
*Now Visiting Scientist
(Microbiology, Microscopy)
*Present Address: Asst. Professor, UCSB (MCDB))
Subramanian Iyer
Principal Scientist*
(AI, Analytics, Engineering)
Vibhav Garg
Senior Scientist*
(Computer Science, IT, ECE)
Thomas Luechtefeld
Senior Scientist*
(AI/ML, Bioinformatics)
Alex Adai
Principal Scientist*
(AI/ML, Computational Biology, Drug Dev.)
Students, Fellows & Postdocs
Herman M. Zuluaga-Bucheli
Junior Fellow
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
(Artificial Intelligence and Evolution)
Daniel Serna
Junior Fellow
(Computer Science)
Carlos Henao
Junior Fellow
(Computer Science, Statistics)
Interns
Intern
(Computer Science, Computer Architecture)
Frederick Castaneda
Alumni
Shellie Bench, Ph.D.
Program Manager
(Biology, Ecology)
Now Consultant
Brad Brooks, Ph.D.
Scientist (Oncology)
Now at DTRA
Stephen Harris, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Associate (Ecology)
Now Asst. Prof at
Purchase College, SUNY
Colette Devou
Business Manager
Now at Facebook
Scientist*
(Biology, Ecology)
Center of Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA)
Madrid, Spain
Safiya Mirza
Business Manager
Junior Fellow
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
(Artificial Intelligence and Evolution)
Camilo Sepulveda-Caviedes
Board & Advisory Alumni
Jeremy Alberga
Former Board Member
Director
Inst. for Global Health Sciences, UCSF
Annette J Cook, MBA
Former Advisor/CFO
CEO, Nonprofit Suite
Khai Luong, Ph.D.
Former Advisor
(Roche Pharma) (Chemistry)