Our Team

Julien Berro, PhD (co-founder)

•Associate Prof. of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and of Cell Biology at Yale University

•20 years of experience in molecular and cellular  mechanobiology

Yuan Ren, PhD (co-founder)

•10 years of experience in neuroscience, mechanobiology and protein engineering

Irbaz Hameed, MD

• Cardiothoracic surgeon scientist specializing in cardiovascular disease

• >5 years experience in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery

• 10 years experience in clinical and translational research


Jiaying Chen

• Biotech business development experience

• VC experience

• Various leadership experience

• 6 years of experience in life science research

Nnamdi Udeh, MD

• Diagnostic Radiologist with subspecialty training in Cardiovascular Imaging

• MBA Candidate, Yale SOM c/o 2025