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Team

Deep experience.

Bold ambitions.

Jnana has assembled an incredible team of scientists and drug hunters who together are RAPIDly reimagining small molecule drug discovery to deliver medicines for the most challenging targets and diseases.

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Our Leaders

Jnana brings together individuals with deep experience, bold ambition and a unified vision to deliver innovative therapies to patients.

Leadership

Leadership Board of Directors Scientific Cofounders & SAB

Joanne Kotz, Ph.D.

Cofounder and CEO

George Vratsanos, M.D., F.A.C.R.

Chief Medical Officer and Head of R&D

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Caroline Stark Beer

Chief Business Officer

Joel Barrish, Ph.D.

Cofounder and Founding CSO

Dean Brown, Ph.D.

SVP, Head of Discovery Sciences

John Throup, Ph.D.

SVP, Head of Development

Danielle Abdelahad

VP, Head of People & Culture

Heather Blanchette, Ph.D.

VP, Head of Preclinical Development

VP, Head of Finance & Operations

VP, Corporate Controller

VP, Head of Business Development

Justin Rettenmaier, Ph.D.

VP, Head of Early Discovery

VP, Clinical Operations

Brian Cali, Ph.D.

Annie C. Chen, M.D., M.P.H.

Matthew Hammond, Ph.D.

Joanne Kotz, Ph.D.

Don Nicholson, Ph.D.

Carlo Rizzuto, Ph.D.

Stuart Schreiber, Ph.D.

Cofounder and SAB Chair

Ramnik Xavier, M.D., Ph.D.

Charlie Albright, Ph.D.

Ben Cravatt, Ph.D.

Lisa Olson, Ph.D.

Katalin Susztak, M.D., Ph.D.

Jim Wells, Ph.D.

Investors

Partners