
Glenn Short, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Glenn became Chief Scientific Officer in 2025, previously serving as Senior Vice President of Early Development since 2022. He leads internal innovation, overseeing early-stage product development and integrating translational medicine into development, and clinical strategies.
Glenn has over 20 years of industry and research experience and has been involved in numerous programs that leverage cutting-edge biotechnologies to develop new therapies to address unmet medical needs. He has held multiple senior leadership positions in both venture-backed startup and public companies using his expertise and passion to help drive R&D programs to meaningful proof-of-concept and value-inflection.
Glenn received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and conducted his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Senior Leadership

Srinivas Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Anne Johnson
Chief Financial Officer

Gerd Kochendoerfer, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer

Robert Conley, M.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer

Kevin Craig, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Glenn Short, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer

Ryan Barrett
Chief Legal and Business Officer
Board of Directors

Srinivas Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Christian Angermayer
Founder and Chairman of the Board

Scott Braunstein, M.D.
Vice-Chairman of the Board and Director Science and Technology Committee, Co-Chair Audit Committee, Member

Laurent Fischer, M.D.
Director Compensation Committee, Chair Science and Technology Committee, Member

Rob Hershberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Director Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member Science and Technology Committee, Member

Andrea Heslin Smiley
Director Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Chair Audit Committee, Member

John Hoffman
Director Audit Committee, Member Compensation Committee, Member

Amir Kalali, M.D.
Director Science and Technology Committee, Co-Chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member

Sabrina Martucci Johnson
Director Audit Committee, Chair Compensation Committee, Member

