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.

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David Younger, PhD
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder![]()
Randolph Lopez, PhD
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder![]()
Troy Lionberger, PhD
Chief Business Officer![]()
Ryan Emerson, PhD
Senior Vice President, Data Science & Platform Solutions![]()
Lisa Schubert, PhD
Vice President, Technical Operations & Engineering
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David Baker, PhD
Scientific Advisor![]()
Chris Gibson, PhD
Strategic & Scientific Advisor![]()
Eric Klavins, PhD
Scientific Advisor![]()
Tony Polverino, PhD
Scientific Advisor![]()
Ryan Swanson
Scientific Advisor
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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
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Abhishek Dogra
Director, Medicinal Chemistry & Induced Proximity![]()
Adrian Lange, PhD
Director, Machine Learning Research![]()
Alex Eng, PhD
Scientist II, Bioinformatics![]()
Arpita Sen, PhD
Principal Scientist, Molecular Glue Discovery![]()
Cameron Cordray
Manager II, Technical Operations![]()
Charles Lin
Supervisor, Technical Operations![]()
Colleen Shikany
Senior Research Associate, Platform R&D![]()
Cristina Wolf
Senior Process Engineer![]()
Dana McCall
Senior HR Generalist![]()
David Younger, PhD
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder![]()
David Noble
Senior Scientist, Applied Data Science![]()
Davis Goodnight, PhD
Senior Scientist, Platform R&D![]()
Debra Tonemah
Senior Office Manager![]()
Drew Duglan, PhD
Director, Scientific Communications![]()
Emily Engelhart, PhD
Principal Scientist, Platform R&D![]()
Joseph Harman, PhD
Senior Scientist, Computational Protein Engineering![]()
Juliana Barrett
Senior Research Associate, Technical Operations![]()
Ken Bannink
Senior Manager, Laboratory Services & Facilities![]()
Kenny Herbst
Research Associate II, Technical Operations![]()
Kerry McGowan, PhD
Scientist II, Applied Data Science![]()
Leah Homad
Associate Scientist, Platform R&D![]()
Lisa Schubert, PhD
Vice President, Technical Operations & Engineering![]()
Liz Fulton
Senior Director, Finance & Operations![]()
Lucian DiPeso, PhD
Scientist I, Platform R&D![]()
Mackenzie Goodwin
Supervisor, Technical Operations![]()
Mimi McMurray
Research Associate II, Technical Operations![]()
Miranda Lahman, PhD
Project Manager II![]()
Natasha Murakowska, PhD
Principal Scientist, Applied Data Science![]()
Nick Altieri, PhD
Senior Scientist, Machine Learning![]()
Noyan Olcum
Director, Platform Solutions Sales & Marketing![]()
Pat Leahy
LIMS Architect & Lead Developer![]()
Randolph Lopez, PhD
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder![]()
Ryan Emerson, PhD
Senior Vice President, Data Science & Platform Solutions![]()
Sam Halabiya
Manager II, Technical Operations![]()
Shyam Gandhi
Research Associate II, Technical Operations![]()
Troy Lionberger, PhD
Chief Business Officer















































