Our People

The OpenFold Team

OpenFold brings together investigators, engineers, and partners from academia and industry working to build open AI infrastructure for biology.

Investigators

Professor Mohammed AlQuraishi, PhD
Professor Mohammed AlQuraishi, PhD
Columbia University
Professor Gabriel Rocklin, PhD
Professor Gabriel Rocklin, PhD
Northwestern University
Institute for Protein Design
Institute for Protein Design
Led by Prof. David Baker

Core Team

Jennifer Wei, PhD
Jennifer Wei, PhD
Senior Deep Learning Software Engineer
Mallory Tollefson, PhD
Mallory Tollefson, PhD
Business and Project Manager
Jan Domanski, PhD
Jan Domanski, PhD
Lead Scientist

Fellows

Lukas Jarosch
Lukas Jarosch
Graduate Student
Christina Floristean
Christina Floristean
Graduate Student
Nate Corley
Nate Corley
Graduate Student
Rohith Krishna, PhD
Rohith Krishna, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher

Advisors

Nazim Bouatta, PhD
Nazim Bouatta, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Professor Tom Kurtzman, PhD
Professor Tom Kurtzman, PhD
Lehman College

Executive Committee

Woody Sherman, PhD
Woody Sherman, PhD
OpenFold Chairperson
Chief Innovation Officer, Psivant Therapeutics
Brian Weitzner, PhD
Brian Weitzner, PhD
OpenFold Vice Chairperson
Director of Computational and Structural Biology, Outpace Bio
Christina Taylor, PhD
Christina Taylor, PhD
OpenFold Treasurer
Senior Science Fellow & Computational Molecular Design Lead, Bayer Crop Science
Lucas Nivon, PhD
Lucas Nivon, PhD
CEO and Co-Founder, Cyrus Biotechnology
Peter Clark, PhD
Peter Clark, PhD
Vice President, Digital Chemistry & Design, Novo Nordisk, RDUS
Alexandre Zanghellini, PhD
Alexandre Zanghellini, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO, Arzeda Corp

Contributors

Steven Ramsey, PhD
Steven Ramsey, PhD
Director of Research, Kurtzman Laboratory
Ted Litberg, PhD
Ted Litberg, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Rocklin Laboratory
Vinay Swamy
Vinay Swamy
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Gergo Nikolenyi
Gergo Nikolenyi
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Itamar Shamir, PhD
Itamar Shamir, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Yeqing Lin
Yeqing Lin
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Colin Kalicki
Colin Kalicki
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Guojie Zhong
Guojie Zhong
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Andrea Roncoli
Andrea Roncoli
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Aymen Qabel
Aymen Qabel
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Charlotte Rochereau
Charlotte Rochereau
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Etowah Adams
Etowah Adams
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory
Minji Lee
Minji Lee
Graduate Student, AlQuraishi Laboratory

Technical Advisory Council

Zane Beckwith, PhD
Zane Beckwith, PhD
Technical Lead for Drug Discovery R&D, SandboxAQ
Andrew Bordner, PhD
Andrew Bordner, PhD
Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Reed Harrison, PhD
Reed Harrison, PhD
R&D Software Engineering Manager, Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA
Alexander Hillisch, PhD
Alexander Hillisch, PhD
Head of Global CADD, UCB BioSciences
Sadra Kashef Ol Gheta, PhD
Sadra Kashef Ol Gheta, PhD
Senior Computational Chemist, Bayer AG
Sebastian Kelm, PhD
Sebastian Kelm, PhD
Senior Principal Scientist, UCB BioSciences
Pablo Lemos, PhD
Pablo Lemos, PhD
Staff Research Scientist, Machine Learning & Biopharma, SandboxAQ
Steven Lewis, PhD
Steven Lewis, PhD
Computational Discovery Manager, Cyrus Biotechnology
Yifan Song, PhD
Yifan Song, PhD
CSO and Co-Founder, Cyrus Biotechnology
Christina Taylor, PhD
Christina Taylor, PhD
Senior Science Fellow & Computational Molecular Design Lead, Bayer Crop Science
Rich Taylor, PhD
Rich Taylor, PhD
Director of CADD, UCB Pharma
Santiago Villalba, PhD
Santiago Villalba, PhD
Machine Learning Expert for Biomolecules, Bayer AG
Ye Wang, PhD
Ye Wang, PhD
Senior Scientist, Machine Learning, Biogen