Team

At Psivant Therapeutics we have assembled a diverse team with extensive experience across disciplines ranging from physics and computer-aided drug design to chemistry and structural biology. This continuum of complementary experience is essential for driving our scientific vision and bringing innovative therapeutics to patients in need.

Psivanteers

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    Alex Liholips

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Portrait of Ana Silveira Portrait of Ana Silveira

    Ana Silveira, Ph.D.

    Molecular Simulations Lead

  • Portrait of David Cerutti Portrait of David Cerutti

    David Cerutti, Ph.D.

    Scientific Engineering Fellow

  • Portrait of Derek MacPherson Portrait of Derek MacPherson

    Derek MacPherson, Ph.D.

    Biophysics and Structural Biology Lead

  • Portrait of Evan Chiswick Portrait of Evan Chiswick

    Evan Chiswick, Ph.D.

    Immunology Lead, Scientific Director

  • Portrait of Finith Jernigan Portrait of Finith Jernigan

    Finith Jernigan, Ph.D.

    Head of Early Discovery

  • Portrait of Kevin Huynh

    Kevin Huynh

    Senior Research Associate

  • Portrait of Lynn Grice Portrait of Lynn Grice

    Lynn Grice

    Executive Assistant

  • Portrait of Nichole Straub Portrait of Nichole Straub

    Nichole Straub

    Operations and HR Lead

  • Portrait of Rafal Wiewiora Portrait of Rafal Wiewiora

    Rafal Wiewiora, Ph.D.

    Molecular Design Lead

  • Portrait of Shiva Patel Portrait of Shiva Patel

    Shivam Patel, M.S.

    Data Science Lead

  • Portrait of Thomas Schultz Portait of Thomas Schultz

    Thomas Schultz

    Associate Director, Engineering

  • Portrait of Todd Soltwedel Portrait of Todd Soltwedel

    Todd Soltwedel, M.S.

    Research Chemist

  • Portrait of Trevor Dennis Portrait of Trevor Dennis

    Trevor Dennis

    Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Portrait of Vishal Sindhava Portrait of Vishal Sindhava

    Vishal Sindhava, Ph.D.

    Immunology Lead, Scientific Director

Board of Directors

  • Portrait of Srini Akkaraju

    Srini Akkaraju, M.D., Ph.D.

    Founder and Managing General Partner, Samsara Biocapital

  • Portrait of Christina Isacson

    Christina Isacson, Ph.D.

    Partner, Lightstone Ventures

  • Portrait of Alex Gasner

    Alex Gasner

    EVP, Roivant Health

  • Portrait of James Edwards

    James P. Edwards, Ph.D.

    Chief Executive Officer, Psivant Therapeutics; Venture Partner, Samsara Biocapital

  • Portrait of Woody Sherman

    Woody Sherman, Ph.D.

    Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Psivant Therapeutics

  • Portrait of Eric Venker

    Erik Venker, M.D., Pharm.D.

    President and Chief Operating Officer, Roivant Sciences