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
  • Ryan Emerson, PhD

    Senior Vice President, Data Science & Platform Solutions
  • 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
  • Aditya Agarwal

    Senior Scientist, Machine Learning
  • 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
  • Parker Shaffer

    Senior Associate, Laboratory Services & Facilities
  • 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
We’re always looking to meet talented individuals who are interested in joining our team.
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