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