people & teams

At the Allen Institute, discovery is a team effort.

From brain mappers to cell biologists, from immunologists to AI engineers, our people and teams are building the resources, tools, and discoveries that accelerate science for everyone.

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Lenina Arenas-Fuentes

Chief of Staff

Christopher Beaudoin

Chief Operating Officer

Rui Costa

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ruwanthi (Ru) Gunawardane

Executive Vice President and Director, Cell Science

Julie Harris

Vice President, Science Initiatives

Andrew Hickl

Chief Technology Officer

Susan Kaech

Executive Vice President and Director, Immunology

Ed Lein

Executive Vice President and Director, Brain Health

Meg McClellan

Vice President and General Counsel

Sarah Norris Hall

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Piercy

Vice President, Communications & Impact

Jay Shendure

Lead Scientific Director, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, Brotman Baty Institute University of Washington School of Medicine; HHMI

Petra Smith

Vice President, People and Culture

Karel Svoboda

Executive Vice President and Director, Neural Dynamics

Arden Yang

Vice President, Innovation

Hongkui Zeng

Executive Vice President and Director, Brain Science

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Jingxuan Bao, PhD

Jinho Kim, Ph.D.

Joanna Braden, JD, MA, BA

Sr Immigration & Global Mobility Partner

Joanne Berger-Sweeney

Trinity College

Research Associate, Sr.

Jodi Nunnari, Ph.D.

University of California, Davis

Joe Craft, Ph.D.

Yale University

Senior Partnerships & Community Engagement Specialist

Johannes Friedrich, Ph.D.

John Mich, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

John Ngai, Ph.D.

Director, NIH BRAIN Initiative

IT Business Operations Manager

John Tuthill, Ph.D.

University of Washington

Jonathan Ting, Ph.D.

Investigator, Associate

Jordan Knuth, M.Sc

Research Associate III

Inventory Specialist II

Josef Penninger, Ph.D.

University of British Columbia

Sr. Software Engineer

Joseph F. Ryan, Ph.D.

University of Florida

Josh Siegle, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Research Associate III

Research Associate III

Julia Han Noll, PhD

Julian Reading, B.Sc Hons

Interim Associate Director, High Resolution Biology

Research Associate II

Julie Dixon, Ph.D.

Julie Harris, Ph.D.

Vice President, Science Initiatives

Julie McElrath, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Director, Project Management Office

Julie Theriot, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Advisor

Internal Communications and Events Specialist

Research Associate II

Research Associate II

SW Engineer III

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Kaitlyn Casimo, Ph.D., M.Ed.

Senior Manager, Education & Engagement

Kaitlyn Colbert

Kamiliam Nasirova

Research Associate III

Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D.

Harvard University

Kanichi Nakata, Ph.D.

Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Research Associate II

Kara Ronellenfitch

Sr. Manager, Transgenic Colony Management

Kareena Villalobos

Research Associate II

Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Director, Neural Dynamics

Karthik Shekhar, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley

Karuna Patil, VMD, MS, Diplomate American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DACLAM), MBA

Attending Veterinarian

Kasey Girven, PhD

Associate Scientific Alliance Project Manager

Kasia Kedzierska, Ph.D.

AI Research Scientist

Kaspar Podgorski, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Research Associate II

Kate White, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Quantitative Cellular Imaging

Katharine Ullman, Ph.D.

University of Utah

Katherine Baker

Katherine Brower

Customer Support Engineer

Kathleen Abadie, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Scientist

Kathryn Gudsnuk

Senior Scientific Project Manager

Kathy Henderson

Senior Research Associate

Research Associate III

Research Associate III

Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D.

National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program

People & Culture Partner III, Talent Acquisition

Keith Gramila, B.S.

System Design Engineer II

Keith Wiley, Ph.D.

Connectomics Service Engineer

Kelley Harris, Ph.D.

University of Washington

Senior Manager, Facilities & Ops

Kelly Jin, Ph.D.

Kelly Priestley, CPA CA

Kelly Stevens, Ph.D.

University of Washington

Kennidy Takehara, Ph.D.

Supervisor, Lab Ops

Kenta Hagihara, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Digital Marketing Specialist

Kevin Deane, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Kevin Kelley, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Associate II

Kevin Mitcham, M.E.

SW Engineer III

Research Associate I

Kevin Takasaki, Ph.D.

Director, Molecular Biology

Kim Gruver, Ph.D.

Director, Generative AI

Krishanu Saha, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kristen Harris, Ph.D.

University of Texas at Austin

Kristine Arntson

Executive Assistant

Kristin Stewart

Executive Assistant

Kristi S. Anseth, Ph.D.

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Research Associate

Kyle Travaglini, Ph.D.

Investigator, Assistant

Software Engineer III

Larry Goldstein, Ph.D.

University of California, San Diego

Laura Driscoll, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Research Associate II

Laura Sanchez, Ph.D.

University of California, Santa Cruz

Education and Engagement Specialist III

Lauren Kruse, PhD

Senior Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Research Associate I

Lawrence Franklin

Data Integrations Administrator III

science done differently. shared openly.

explore our accelerators

brain science

Mapping every cell, connection, and circuit in the brain—openly shared with the world.

cell science

Decoding how cells become tissues, then programming that knowledge into powerful new research tools.

neural dynamics

Revealing the brain's hidden algorithms that transform neural activity into real-world behavior.

immunology

Creating the deepest open reference for the healthy human immune system ever built.

synthetic biology

Engineering cells to record their own histories, transforming how we understand disease over time.

Brain Health

Accelerating human brain research and new therapeutic strategies for neurological conditions

research

Big questions, open answers, and science built to be shared.

education

Inspiring the next generation of scientists through open science resources.

impact

Our science is empowering researchers and advancing health worldwide.