Main Technical Team

Slava Petropavlovskikh

Director R&D,
Physics

Slava is a dual degree graduate in Applied Mathematics (M.S. - Military Academy) and Applied Physics (M.S. - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia, Aerospace Department).  He is an expert in applied physics, optical effects and signal manipulation and a former Science and Technology Manager at Ionics Sievers.

Dr. Stephen Eisenberg

Director of
Molecular Biology

Steve earned a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and did postdoctoral research in Seattle at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He has worked in the Biotechnology industry for 20+ years, both in research and management positions. He was with several companies during this period, including Synergen (acquired by Amgen, Inc.), Sangamo BioSciences, Bolder BioTechnology, and BaroFold. While at Synergen, Steve led the research group that cloned and characterized IL-1ra, which became the active ingredient in Kineret, a rheumatoid arthritis medication.

Dr. Mary Rosendahl

Director of Biochemistry

Dr. Rosendahl earned a Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Illinois and did her postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado Boulder in Dr. Marvin Caruther’s laboratory. She brings to the company over 20 years of biotechnology industry experience in the areas of recombinant protein purification, protein refolding, bioconjugation and process development. Previously, Mary was a Senior Scientist and Head of the Protein Chemistry Group at Bolder BioTechnology. Prior to that, She was employed as a Senior Scientist at Synergen, Inc. and later at Amgen, Inc.

Dr. Oyvind Nilsen

Senior Scientist,
Engineering

Oyvind received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to that he earned an engineering degree (Høgskoleingeniør) from Vestfold College, Norway and was a Chief Petty Officer and an engineer with the Norwegian Navy. He is an expert in mechanical and optoelectronic- design, development and manufacturing.

Dr. Boris Khattatov

Senior Scientist,
Modeling

Boris has a degree of Engineer-Physicist from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Moscow, Russia) and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is an expert in estimation theory, Kalman filters, numerical modeling, and large-scale software development.

Erik Kreider

Business
Development

Erik has a B.S. and M.S. in Biology/Biochemistry from Stanford University and MBA with foci in entrepreneurship and finance from University of Colorado. He has 5 years of pharmaceutical discovery experience with a startup spun out of Stanford University Medical Center, from inception through Series E financing with $85MM total funding raised.