About Us
Meet the people behind Variant Bio
Our team's expertise spans genetics, molecular biology, therapeutics, anthropology, and ethics. We are united in the belief that human genomics has the power to transform drug development.


Evan Eichler, PhD
Professor of Genome Sciences, HHMI Investigator, University of Washington

Gosia Trynka, PhD
Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Experimental Science Director, Open Targets
Joseph Arron, MD, PhD
CSO and Head of R&D, Sonoma Biotherapeutics

Karen Akinsanya, PhD
Executive Vice President, Chief Biomedical Scientist, Head of Discovery R&D, Schrödinger

Rob Scott, MD
Former CMO, Abbvie

Ryan Hernandez, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UC San Francisco

Samir M. Parikh, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Chief of Nephrology, UT Southwestern

Tomas Mustelin, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology Division Head, University of Washington

Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD
Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Senior Associate Member, New York Genome Center