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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

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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 of Immunology

Ed Lein

Executive Vice President and Director

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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Emma Kuan, Ph.D

Emma Thomas, Ph.D.

Eranthie Weerapana, Ph.D.

Senior Producer

Erin Angelini, Ph.D.

Ernie Coffey, MBA

Executive Director, Immunology Strategy & Ops

Ethan McBride, Ph.D.

Eva Dyer, Ph.D.

Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

Evan Macosko, M.D., Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Farzaneh Abolmaali, Ph.D.

Fatwir Sheikh Mohammed

Data Scientist I

Fenna Krienen, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Filip Sluzewski

Data Scientist III

Internal Communications and Events Specialist III

Florence Chardon, Ph.D.

Scientist II, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics

Forrest Collman, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Data and Technology

Frank Sellinger, M.B.A.

Sr. Director, Information Technology

Research Associate III

Galen Lynch, Ph.D.

Gary CH Mo, Ph.D.

University of Illinois Chicago

Dorsey & Whitney

Gary S. Firestein, M.D.

University of California San Diego

Gideon Dunster, Ph.D.

Scientific Program Manager

Grace Chen, Ph.D.

Yale University

Grace Huynh, M.D., Ph.D.

Executive Director, Artificial Intelligence Applications

Research Associate II

Graham Johnson, Ph.D.

Sr. Director, Visualization & Data Integration

Griffin Fujioka

Sr. Software Engineer

G.W. Gant Luxton, Ph.D.

University of California, Davis

Research Associate I

Scientific Project Coordinator II

Research Associate I

Research Associate 1

Hanna Lee, M.D.

Software Engineer II

Heather Snell, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

System Design Engineer III

Hina Iftikhar, Ph.D.

Hollis Cline, Ph.D.

Scripps Research Institute

Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Director, Brain Science

Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk, Ph.D.

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig

Hsienchi Kuo, Ph.D.

Hsin-Yu (Jane) Lai, Ph.D.

Scientist I - ML/AI algorithms for Alzheimer's Disease

Ian Convy, Ph.D.

Irene Rembado, Ph.D.

Irina Mueller, Ph.D.

Director, Scientific Operations

Iris Stone, Ph.D.

Shanahan Fellow

Software Engineer II

Ivana Bussi, Ph.D.

Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Manager, Behavior - Research Operations

Jack Waters, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Imaging

Jacob McCarley, B.S.

Research Associate II

Scientific Data Engineer I

Research Associate II

Jafet Rodriguez La Paz

Research Associate II

James Acosta-Clark, Ph.D.

Software Engineer II

James Strother, Ph.D.

University of Florida

Jane Buckner, M.D.

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Janine Kirstein, Ph.D.

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Leibniz Institute for Aging

Janna Hong, Post-Bacc

Shanahan Postbac Fellow

Jappreet Singh Gill, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Scientist

Jason R. Alexander

Software Engineer III

Program Coordinator III

Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Scientific Project Coordinator II

Jeanelle Ariza Torres

Manager, Histology

Bioinformatics Analyst III

Research Associate, Sr.

Jennie Close, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Jennifer Garrison, Ph.D.

Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.

Janelia Research Campus

Jennifer Prescher, Ph.D.

University of California, Irvine

Sr. Manager, Digital Content

Jens Kremkow, Ph.D.

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Jeremiah Cohen, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Jeremy Miller, Ph.D.

Jérôme Lecoq, Ph.D.

Associate Investigator

Jerry Chen, Ph.D.

Boston University

Jesse Gray, Ph.D.

Executive Director, SeaHub Strategy & Platform

Community Programming, ERG Project Manager

Research Associate III

Jessica Yu, Ph.D.

Jiatai (Augustus) Liu

Research Associate II

Senior Instrument Specialist

Jim Berg, Ph.D, M.B.A.

Sr. Director, Scientific Operations

Jimena Garcia, B.S.

Manager, Inclusive Research Programs

Research Associate I

Jinho Kim, Ph.D.

Joanna Braden, JD, MA, BA

Senior Immigration Partner

Joanne Berger-Sweeney

Trinity College

Research Associate, Sr.

Jodi Nunnari, Ph.D.

University of California, Davis

Joe Craft, Ph.D.

Yale University

Program Manager III

Johannes Friedrich, Ph.D.

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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.

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

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Inspiring the next generation of scientists through open science resources.

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