Moonwalk Biosciences

Pioneering therapeutics in adipose biology driven by deep genetic and epigenetic insights

Moonwalk's Team

Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, CEO

Elaine Cheung, MS

Chief Business Officer

Arash Jamshidi, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CTO

John Liles, PhD

VP Biology & Translational Science

Justin Valley, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Platform Officer

Feng Zhang, PhD

Scientific Co-Founder

Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, CEO

Paul Burton, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Amgen

Chris Dimitropoulos

Managing Director, Alpha Wave Global

Arash Jamshidi, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CTO

Sara Fakhretaha Aval, PhD

Scientist II, RNA & Molecular Biology

Heike Blockus, PhD

Director of Preclinical Strategy & Scientific Programs

Tori Doran

Senior Research Associate

Larry Garrido

Director of Facilities & Lab Operations

Erle Holgersen

Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics & ML/AI

Rigel Kishton, PhD

Head of Immunology Research

Matthew Shin, PhD

Scientist II - Delivery Sciences

Jacqueline Tabor

Senior Research Associate

Kaushik Thakkar, PhD

Principal Scientist

Jeff Weng

Associate Scientist

Katie Wilson, PhD

Principal Scientist

Liyang Zhang, PhD

Associate Director, R&D

Moonwalk News

February 13, 2026

Exclusive: Feng Zhang’s epigenetic editing startup shifts focus to siRNA obesity therapies

October 21, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences to Present New Epigenetic Data at ObesityWeek® 2024 and The Liver Meeting® 2024

August 19, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences Appoints VP of Biology and Translational Science and Announces Formation of Cardiometabolic Advisory Board

May 2, 2024

ASGCT 2024: Moonwalk Biosciences Presents Multiplex Epigenetic Engineering Platform

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