Team and Leadership

Scientific Depth. Engineering Excellence. Unified Purpose.

Team

  • Portrait of Alex Liholips Portrait of Alex Liholips

    Alex Liholips

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Portrait of Ana Silveira Portrait of Ana Silveira

    Ana Silveira, Ph.D.

    Molecular Simulations Lead

  • Portrait of Chrissy Bracken Portrait of Chrissy Bracken

    Chrissy Bracken

    Associate Director, Biology

  • Portrait of David Cerutti Portrait of David Cerutti

    David Cerutti, Ph.D.

    Scientific Engineering Fellow

  • Portrait of David Ciccone Portrait of David Ciccone

    David Ciccone, Ph.D.

    Executive Director, Immunology and Translational Research

  • Portrait of Derek MacPherson Portrait of Derek MacPherson

    Derek MacPherson, Ph.D.

    Associate Director, Structural Biology

  • Portrait of Dillon Hawley Portrait of Dillon Hawley

    Dillon Hawley

    Scientist II

  • Portrait of Dinal Patel Portrait of Dinal Patel

    Dinal Patel

    Senior Associate Scientist

  • Portrait of Evan Chiswick Portrait of Evan Chiswick

    Evan Chiswick, Ph.D.

    Immunology Lead, Scientific Director

  • Portrait of Kevin Huynh

    Kevin Huynh

    Senior Research Associate

  • Portrait of Lisa Luo Portrait of Lisa Luo

    Lisa Luo

    Staff Software Engineer

  • Portrait of Lynn Grice Portrait of Lynn Grice

    Lynn Grice

    Executive Assistant

  • Portrait of Mark Seierstad Portrait of Mark Seierstad

    Mark Seierstad, Ph.D.

    Senior Director, Computational Chemistry

  • Portrait of Mathew Daniels Portrait of Mathew Daniels

    Matthew Daniels, M.S.

    Director, Medicinal Chemistry

  • Portrait of Nicholas Stone Portrait of Nicholas Stone

    Nicholas Stone, Ph.D.

    Senior Scientist, Structural Biology and Biophysics

  • Portrait of Peter Obi Portrait of Peter Obi

    Peter Obi, Ph.D.

    Scientist I, Molecular Simulations

  • Portrait of Rafal Wiewiora Portrait of Rafal Wiewiora

    Rafal Wiewiora, Ph.D.

    Principal Scientist, Computational Chemistry

  • Portrait of Sathish Srinivasan Portrait of Sathish Srinivasan

    Sathish Srinivasan, Ph.D.

    Senior Scientist

  • 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 Trevor Dennis Portrait of Trevor Dennis

    Trevor Dennis

    Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Portrait of Victoria Hargreaves Portrait of Victoria Hargreaves

    Victoria Hargreaves, Ph.D.

    Principal Scientist, Structural Biology and Biophysics

  • Portrait of Vishal Sindhava Portrait of Vishal Sindhava

    Vishal Sindhava, Ph.D.

    Immunology Lead, Scientific Director

Board of Directors

Our board offers strategic guidance built on decades of experience in biotechnology, drug development, finance and company building. The directors have proven track records of advancing novel therapeutics to approval. They bring deep operational leadership from both public and private biotech companies, along with expertise in financing, partnerships and global drug commercialization. They also provide stewardship for high-growth research and development organizations. Their leadership positions PsiThera’s platform and programs for scientific excellence and long-term success.

  • Portrait of Eric Shaff

    Eric Shaff

    President and Chief Executive Officer, PsiThera

  • 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.

    Venture Partner, Samsara Biocapital

Scientific Advisory Board

Our Scientific Advisory Board brings together distinguished leaders in computational chemistry, immunology, translational science, and biotech company building. These individuals bring deep domain expertise and proven success in advancing breakthrough therapeutics for patients. This group plays a central role in shaping PsiThera’s scientific and strategic trajectory. They rigorously challenge and validate our core hypotheses, contribute cutting-edge insights into protein structure, function, and immune signaling in addition to advising on experimental design, model development, and platform evolution. Beyond scientific guidance, the SAB provides strategic perspective on competitive positioning, clinical relevance, and value creation across our pipeline. Their multidimensional expertise ensures PsiThera remains at the forefront of mechanism-driven drug design while advancing programs with the rigor, clarity, and translational potential needed to make a meaningful impact on patient care.

Open Science Fellows

PsiThera’s Open Science Fellows program links the company with leading academic researchers at the forefront of quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, statistical thermodynamics, machine learning and simulation science. Working within an open-science framework, the fellows collaborate with PsiThera teams to develop new methods and tools. They co-create technologies that improve accuracy, sampling and predictive modeling, and they help connect foundational research to real-world drug discovery. The program advances a shared mission to make high-performance computational methods accessible and impactful. By maintaining strong ties to the global scientific community, PsiThera continues to push the limits of computational and physical possibilities.