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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 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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Lucas Kinsey, M.S.

Research Associate II

Lucas Pinto, M.D., Ph.D.

Northwestern University

Lucas T. Graybuck, Ph.D

Investigator, Assistant

Lucia Prieto-Godino, Ph.D.

Francis Crick Institute

Lucy Palmer, Ph.D.

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

Luke Campagnola, Ph.D.

Luke Esposito, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Scientific Operations

Lydia Kisley, Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University

Research Associate III

Lyndsay Wilhelm

Senior UX Designer

Lynne A. Becker, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Scientific Program Management

Lynne A. Becker, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Scientific Program Management

Macarena Aloi, Ph.D.

Associate Scientific Program Manager

Mackenzie Kopp, Ph.D.

Scientific Program Manager

Madeline Burchard, M.Sc.

Digital Media Specialist III

Madeline Tom, B.S.

Research Assistant

Madison Meuler, M.Ed.

Education and Engagement Specialist II

Maedeh Seyedolmohadesin, Ph.D.

Mafalda Vicente, Ph.D.

Maho Niwa, Ph.D.

University of California San Diego

Mandë Holford, Ph.D.

Manni He, Ph.D.

Optical Engineer II

Mansi Singh, BS, MSc

Bioinformatics Analyst I

Manuel Ferreira, Ph.D.

Mara Rue, Ph.D.

National Academy of Sciences

Marc Takeno, Ph.D.

Research Associate Principal

Marcus Hooper, Ph.D.

Margaret Anderson

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Margaret A. Shipp, M.D.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Maria Camila Vergara

Research Associate I

Mariajose Metcalfe, Ph.D.

Mariano Gabitto, Ph.D.

Investigator, Assistant

Maria Tikhanovskaya, Ph.D.

Shanahan Fellow

Research Associate Supervisor

Senior Application Administrator

Marina Garrett, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Marion Buckwalter, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanford School of Medicine

Marion Pepper, Ph.D.

Scientific Co-Director, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology; Professor & Chair of Immunology, University of Washington

People and Culture Ops Specialist, Senior

Marissa Scavuzzo, Ph.D.

Mark C. Genovese, M.D.

Stanford University Medical Center

Mark Gillespie, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Mark Harnett, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mark J. Schnitzer, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Mark Q. Martindale, Ph.D.

University of Florida

Markus Covert, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D.

Marla Glass, Ph.D.

Software Engineer II

Maryam Majeed, Ph.D.

Administrative Coordinator III

Matheus Viana, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Image Analysis and Descr Modeling

Mathew Summers, Ph.D.

Technical Program Manager III

Matt Hart, Ph.D.

Scientist III, High Resolution Translational Immunology

Matthew Schmitz, Ph.D.

Data Analyst III

Maximilian Heeg, M.D.

Assistant Investigator

Meagan Quinlan, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

Megan King, Ph.D.

Yale University

Research Associate I

Scientific Project Coordinator III

Megan Riel-Mehan, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Global Partnerships

Meghan Turner, Ph.D.

Vice President and General Counsel

Melinda Angus-Hill, Ph.D.

Sr. Technical Writer

Melissa Lerch, Ph.D.

Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Project Manager, PMO

Melissa Wharton, Ph.D.

Meritxell Huch, Ph.D.

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Michael Bassik, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Michael Buice, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Finance

Michael Greenberg, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Michael Halassa, M.D., Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Hawrylycz, Ph.D.

Investigator, Sr. Informatics and Data Science

Michael Kunst, Ph.D.

Michael Levin, Ph.D.

Tufts University

Michael Ringenburg, Ph.D., MBA

Principal Software Engineer

Michael Taormina, Ph.D.

Research Associate III

Michael Yartsev, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley

Michal Fortuna, Ph.D.

Scientist II, NHP Biodistribution Lead

Michelle Digman, Ph.D.

University of California, Irvine

Mikayla Carlson, B.A.

Research Associate I

Software Engineer II

Mikhail Savitski, Ph.D.

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

System Design Engineer III

Molly Gasperini, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Genome Engineering

Morgan Wirthlin, Ph.D.

Myra Wang Imanaka, Ph.D.

Associate Director, IP Portfolio & Innovation Management

Nadezhda Dotson

Research Associate III

Nadiya Shapovalova

Research Associate Sr. Supervisor

Project Manager, Project Management Office

Nandita Garud, Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles

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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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