VISION & MISSION
We are committed to making lives better with medicines that precisely edit RNA.
Our vision: To harness advances in genetics to develop medicines that improve human health.
Our mission: To be the leading RNA editing company delivering precision therapies to patients with rare and common diseases.
At AIRNA, we are developing potent RNA editing therapeutics to offer more hope to patients who currently have limited options. The passion, dedication, and wealth of knowledge of our team, combined with the data we have generated, makes me very confident in our approach.
Victor De Jesus
Associate Scientist
As someone whose life was transformed by medical breakthroughs, it’s a privilege to be part of a company that is pioneering RNA editing to serve patients with unmet need.
Sruthi V. Hindupur
Senior Scientist

Rodger Novak, MD
Board Chair

Arch Venture Partners

Forbion

Venrock

RTW

Nextech

ND Capital

Robert Altshuler, PhD
Director, Bioinformatics

Namita Bisaria, PhD
Head of Research Strategy and Operations

Peter Borsos
Research Associate

Elisangela Bressan, PhD
Senior Scientist

Josh Brumm
Forbion

Maegan Brunelle
Accounting Manager

Martina Buttschardt
Research Associate

Li-Hao Chang
Scientist

Aindrila Chatterjee, PhD
Senior Scientist

Charles Conover, PhD
Vice President, Program Management

Victor De Jesus
Associate Scientist

Eva-Maria Duerr, PhD
Senior Scientist

Jacob S. Elkins, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Kris Elverum
President and Chief Executive Officer

Kris Elverum
President and Chief Executive Officer, AIRNA

Juri Eyberg, PhD
Senior Scientist

Kat Feldmann
Senior Executive Assistant

Lena Fischer
Vice President, Finance & Operations

Patrick Foster, PhD
Vice President and Head of CMC

Ina Gerber
Associate Director, HR & Finance

Veronica Giachin
Research Associate

Hyun Gyung Jang, PhD
Director DMPK & Clinical Pharmacology

Matthew Hawryluk, PhD
Chief Business Officer

Sruthi V. Hindupur, PhD
Senior Scientist

Inga Jarmoskaite, PhD
Senior Scientist

Sean Kendall, MS
ARCH Venture Partners

Robin Klimek, PhD
Senior Scientist

Kaiko Kunii
In Vivo Pharmacologist

Jin Billy Li, PhD
Stanford University

Konstantin Licht, PhD
Senior Scientist

Dirk Lindenblatt, PhD
Senior Scientist

Aline Mack
Research Associate

Kristyn McCandless
Associate Director, Legal

Amy Mendel
Interim Chief Legal Officer

Tobias Merkle, PhD
Vice President, Platform

Daniella Mizurini, PhD
Associate Principal Scientist

Melissa McCracken, PhD
Nextech

Negin Namazian
Senior Research Associate

Angelika Oswald, PhD
Scientist

Aakash Parikh
Lab Manager

Elena Poser, PhD
Principal Scientist

Piotr Putaj, PhD
Associate Director, Chemistry

Fernanda Sachenbacher, PhD
Senior Scientist

Lange Yakubu Saleh, PhD
Scientist

Sriram Sathy, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer

Carolin Schlitz
Research Associate

Anindya Sen, PhD
Vice President, Preclinical Development

Devyn Smith, PhD
Arbor Bio

Luise Stafforst, PhD
Lab manager

Thorsten Stafforst, PhD
University of Tübingen

Thorsten Stafforst, PhD
University of Tübingen

Stephen Su, PhD
Senior Director, Target Validation

Rewati Tappu, PhD
Senior Scientist

Colleen Tucker, MS
Head of People

Manvi Upadhyay
Senior Research Associate

Paul Vogel, PhD
Vice President, Discovery

Paul Vogel, PhD
Vice President, Discovery

Christopher Volkert
Senior Research Associate