Meet the team
Who We Are
New Equilibrium brings together interdisciplinary experts with the shared goal of drugging intrinsically disordered proteins.
New Equilibrium Team
Virginia Burger, Ph.D.
CEO and Co–founder
Peter Tompa, Ph.D.
Co–founder
Charles DeLisle, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Biophysics
Hang Cao, B.F.A.
Communications Manager
Austin ALEXANDER, B.S.
Operations Manager
Lars Bratholm, PH.D.
Scientist, Machine Learning
Tao Jiang, PH.D.
Scientist, Computational Chemistry
Hsiao-Yun CHEN, PH.D.
Senior Scientist, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Acadia Connor, B.A.
Computational Chemistry Research Associate/HPC Program Manager
Ammielle Wambo Becker
Data Science Intern
Osman Mamun, PH.D.
Scientist, Machine Learning & AI Force Field Development
Kara Herlihy, PH.D.
Head of Biomolecular Sciences
Akshaya Kumar Das, PH.D.
Scientist, Computational Chemistry & AI Force Field DevelopmentScientific Advisory Board
LILA M. GIERASCH
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
AJ MILICI
President, Milici Consulting LLC
Emir Roach, M.D.
Head of Emerging Technologies, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Jianhan Chen
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
OLEXANDR ISAYEV
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
SALLY WANG LIANG, JD/MPH
VP of Business Development, Head of Global Business Unit, PepLib
VK GADI, M.D. PH.D.
Professor and Director, Medical Oncology, U of Illinois at Chicago
Christian Baber
Global Head, Scientific Informatics, Takeda Pharmaceuticals