
MEET THE TEAM
* visiting/consulting appointments
Administration

Samantha Lekus, MS
COO*

Anne Hillegas, D.Sc.
Director of Business Development

Safiya Mirza
Business Manager
Scientists

Peter Hirshberg
Principal Scientist
(Technology)
Scientist
(Physiology, Biophysics)
Fellows & Postdocs
Postdoc
(Microbiology, Protistology)

Camilo Sepulveda-Caviedes
Junior Fellow
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
(Artificial Intelligence and Evolution)

Herman M. Zuluaga-Bucheli
Junior Fellow
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
(Artificial Intelligence and Evolution)
Interns
Advisors

Khai Luong, Ph.D.
Advisor
(Roche Pharma) (Chemistry)

Jeremy Alberga
Director
Inst. for Global Health Sci, UCSF
Alumni

Fellow
(Microbiology)
Now at NASA (Ames)

Colette Devou

Business Manager
Now at Facebook
Scientist*
(Biology, Ecology)
Center of Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain

Shellie Bench, Ph.D.
Program Manager
(Biology, Ecology)
Now Consultant

Brad Brooks, Ph.D.
Scientist (Oncology)
Now at DTRA

Stephen Harris, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Associate (Ecology)
Now Asst. Prof at
Purchase College, SUNY
Board & Advisory Alumni (GVFI, GV & LRC)

Nathan Wolfe, Ph.D.

Sarah Schlessinger, Ph.D.
Founder, GVFI/GV & Metabiota
Ex-Chairman, Global Viral
Assoc. Professor
Rockefeller University

Jeremy Alberga
Director
Inst. for Global Health Sci, UCSF

Annette J Cook, MBA
CEO
Nonprofit Suite

Ubald Tamoufe, M.Sc., MPH
Regional Dir.,
Johns Hopkins Cameroon
Program

Sally O'Brien
SVP, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Erez Kalir
CEO, Stansberry Asset Management

Matt Lebreton
Dir., Mosaic