Meet the team
Who We Are
New Equilibrium brings together interdisciplinary experts with the shared goal of drugging intrinsically disordered proteins.
Leadership Team
Virginia Burger, Ph.D.
Co–founder and CEO
Julian Levell, Ph.D.
Head of Discovery
Kara Herlihy, Ph.D.
Head of Biomolecular Sciences
Jorge Garcia Fortanet, Ph.D.
Head of Chemistry
Peter Tompa, Ph.D.
Co–founder and Chair of SABExperimental Team
Subha Vogeti, Ph.D.
Director of Biology
Charles DeLisle, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Biophysics
Hsiao-Yun Chen, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Chie Ueda, Ph.D.
Scientist I, Biomolecular SciencesComputational Team
Yuri Pevzner, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Platform Development
Tao Jiang, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Computational Chemistry
Acadia Connor, B.A.
HPC Program Manager and Research Associate I, Computational Chemistry
Ammielle Wambo Becker
Data Science Intern
Bentley Wingert, Ph.D.
Advanced Analytics Data Science Intern
Pradeep Niroula, Ph.D.
Hardware & Quantum Computing InternForce Field Team
Lars Bratholm, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Machine Learning
Osman Mamun, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Machine Learning & Force Field Development
Akshaya Kumar Das, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Computational Chemistry & AI Force Field DevelopmentOperations / Communications Team
Hang Cao, B.F.A.
Communications Manager
Austin Alexander, B.S.
Operations Manager
Melissa Fredette
Executive AssistantScientific Advisory Board
Lila M. Gierasch, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
AJ Milici, Ph.D.
President, Milici Consulting LLC
Emir Roach, M.D.
VP of Strategy and Corporate Development, Nextgen Healthcare
Jianhan Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
Olexandr Isayev, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Sally Wang Liang, J.D./M.P.H.
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, Ph.D.
Head of Scientific and Pharmaceutical Data, Janssen