Scientific Advisory Board​

Nan Tang, M.D., Ph.D.

Founder & Chairman
Nan Tang, M.D., Ph.D., is the founder and chairm of pulmongene, and currently the Principal Investigator of NIBS. Dr. Nan is an internationally renowned expert in pulmonary fibrosis and alveolar regeneration and has more than 20 years’ experience in investigating molecular and cellular drivers that promote alveolar regeneration. She established the first authentic IPF mouse model and identified of novel therapeutic targets of lung diseases. Dr. Tang has co-authored 27 publications and holds 5 patents in the areas of lung diseases and alveolar regeneration, the total impact facter exceeds 390. Dr. Nan holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, USA and subsequently did her research training in the laboratory of Dr. Gail Martin at the University of California, San Francisco, USA

Rui Zhao, Ph.D.

Vice President, Head of Biology
Dr. Zhaojoined Pulmongene since inception with more than 10 years of experience in lung diseases and novel target discovery. She oversees all early clinical development including target identification & validation, pharmacology, PK/PD, toxicology, biomarker, and clinical pharmacology. Prior to joining Pulmongene, Dr. Zhao served as Principal Investigator III at Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), Novartis, where she lead the respiratory drug portfolio to uncover first-in-class respiratory medicines and oversaw multiple project teams working across different disease areas. Dr. Zhao received her B.S. from China Agricultural University in 2003 and Ph.D. from National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing in 2008. She completed herpost-doc training in the laboratory of Dr. Jayaraj Rajagopal at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

Samantha Wood

Scientist

Born on March 14, 1879, in the southern German city of Ulm, Albert Einstein grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Munich. As a child, Einstein became fascinated by music (he played the violin), mathematics and science. He dropped out of school in 1894 and moved to Switzerland, where he resumed his schooling and later gained admission to the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich. In 1896, he renounced his German citizenship, and remained officially stateless before becoming a Swiss citizen in 1901.

Xiaodong Wang, Ph.D.

  • Founding Director of National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
  • Co-founder and Chairman of SAB of BeOne Medicines (Formerly BeiGene Ltd.)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
  • Foreign member of the Chinese Academy Sciences

Dean Sheppard, M.D.

  • Founding Director of UCSF Lung Biology Center
  • Scientific Founder of Pliant Therapeutics
  • Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Toby Maher, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Professor of Medicine and Director of Interstitial Lung Disease at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
  • >20 years specializing in the management of all forms of pulmonary fibrosis
  • Led ILD unit at Royal Brompton Hospital, London; Involved in >100 trials in fibrotic lung disease from phase 1b to phase 4; Recruited > 1000 patients into interventional studies overall
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