About

A-Alpha Bio is a biotechnology company harnessing synthetic biology and machine learning to measure, predict, and engineer protein-protein interactions.

Our experimental platform, AlphaSeq, enables the rapid and quantitative measurement of millions of protein-protein binding affinities simultaneously. Our computational platform, AlphaBind, is trained on the world’s largest protein-protein interaction database and predicts binding strength from sequence. A-Alpha Bio leverages AlphaSeq and AlphaBind for in-house therapeutic programs and in partnership with leading pharmaceutical companies to inform the discovery and development of novel therapeutics.

A-Alpha Bio is based in Seattle and was founded in 2017 at the University of Washington's Institute for Protein Design and Center for Synthetic Biology.

A-Alpha Bio: The protein-protein interaction company.
A-Alpha Bio Laboratories
A-Alpha Bio: The protein-protein interaction company.
our management team

  • David Younger, PhD

    Chief Executive Officer
 & Co-Founder

  • Randolph Lopez, PhD

    Chief Technology Officer 
& Co-Founder

  • Padma Kodukula, PhD

    Chief Business Officer

  • Ryan Emerson, PhD

    Vice President, Data Science

  • Lisa Schubert, PhD

    Vice President, Technical Operations & Engineering
our ADVISORS

  • David Baker, PhD

    Scientific Advisor

  • Chris Gibson, PhD

    Strategic & Scientific Advisor

  • Eric Klavins, PhD

    Scientific Advisor

  • Tony Polverino, PhD

    Scientific Advisor

  • Lance Stewart, PhD

    Strategic & Scientific Advisor
our BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • David Younger, PhD

    Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

  • Randolph Lopez, PhD

    Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

  • Matt McIlwain

    Board Member, Madrona Venture Group

  • Takeru Furuya, PhD

    Board Member, Perceptive Xontogeny Ventures

  • Heidi Hagen

    Board Member

  • Chris Picardo

    Board Observer, Madrona Venture Group

  • Lindy Fishburne

    Board Observer, Breakout Ventures
Our team

  • Abhishek Dogra

    Director, Medicinal Chemistry & Induced Proximity

  • Aditi Vadodkar

    Senior Project Manager

  • Aditya Agarwal

    Senior Scientist, Machine Learning

  • Adrian Lange, PhD

    Director, Machine Learning Research

  • Alex Eng, PhD

    Scientist II, Bioinformatics

  • Arpita Sen, PhD

    Senior Scientist, Molecular Glue Discovery

  • Cameron Cordray

    Manager I, Technical Operations

  • Charles Lin

    Supervisor, Technical Operations

  • Colleen Shikany

    Senior Research Associate, Platform R&D

  • Cristina Wolf

    Senior Process Engineer

  • Dana McCall

    HR Generalist

  • Danielle Van Citters

    Principal Scientist, Antibody Discovery

  • Dasha Krayushkina

    Senior Research Associate, Protein Science

  • David Younger, PhD

    Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

  • David Noble

    Scientist II, Applied Data Science

  • Davis Goodnight, PhD

    Scientist II, Platform R&D

  • Debra Tonemah

    Office Manager

  • Emily Engelhart, PhD

    Principal Scientist, Platform R&D

  • Jacob Brockerman, PhD

    Scientist II, Protein Science

  • James Harrang

    Scientist II, Machine Learning

  • Jean Lee

    Analyst I, Bioinformatics

  • Joel Nelson, PhD

    Scientist II, Bioinformatics

  • Joseph Harman, PhD

    Senior Scientist, Computational Protein Engineering

  • Juliana Barrett

    Research Associate II, Technical Operations

  • Ken Bannink

    Senior Manager, Laboratory Services & Facilities

  • Kendrick Herbst

    Research Associate II, Technical Operations

  • Kerry McGowan, PhD

    Scientist I, Applied Data Science

  • Leah Homad

    Associate Scientist, Protein Science

  • Lisa Schubert, PhD

    Vice President, Technical Operations & Engineering

  • Liz Fulton

    Senior Director, Finance & Operations

  • Lucian DiPeso, PhD

    Scientist I, Platform R&D

  • Mackenzie Goodwin

    Senior Research Associate, Technical Operations

  • Matt Bissen

    Scientist I, Antibody Discovery

  • Mimi McMurray

    Research Associate II, Technical Operations

  • Miranda Lahman, PhD

    Scientist I, Platform R&D

  • Natasha Murakowska, PhD

    Principal Scientist, Applied Data Science

  • Nick Altieri, PhD

    Senior Scientist, Machine Learning

  • Padma Kodukula, PhD

    Chief Business Officer

  • Parker Shaffer

    Associate II, Laboratory Services & Facilities

  • Pat Leahy

    LIMS Architect & Lead Developer

  • Paxton Reed

    Research Associate II, Technical Operations

  • Phil Burke, PhD

    Scientist I, Molecular Glue Discovery

  • Randolph Lopez, PhD

    Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

  • Ryan Emerson, PhD

    Vice President, Data Science

  • Ryan Swanson

    Senior Director, Biologics Discovery

  • Sam Halabiya

    Manager II, Technical Operations

  • Shyam Gandhi

    Research Associate II, Technical Operations

  • Yeweon Lee

    Research Associate I, Technical Operations
We’re always looking to meet talented individuals who are interested in joining our team.
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