Robert Nelsen

Robert Nelsen has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2018. Since 1986, Mr. Nelsen has served as Co-founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies. Mr. Nelsen is a member of the board of directors of Beam Therapeutics, Denali Therapeutics, Hua Medicine, Karuna Pharmaceuticals, Sana Biotechnology, Revolution Healthcare Acquisition Corp., and Vir Biotechnology, all of which are publicly-traded companies. Previously, Mr. Nelsen served on the boards of Juno Therapeutics from August 2013 to March 2018, Syros Pharmaceuticals from August 2012 to June 2018, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals from August 2015 to October 2018, Agios Pharmaceuticals from December 2007 to June 2017, KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals from January 2006 to December 2014, Adolor Corporation from November 1994 to May 2008, Illumina Corporation from June 1998 to August 2006, Fate Therapeutics from September 2007 to June 2014, deCODE genetics from August 1996 to November 2001, NeurogesX from July 2000 to May 2013, Bellerophon Therapeutics from February 2014 to February 2015, Sage Therapeutics from September 2013 to March 2016 and Caliper Life Sciences from April 1996 to December 1999. From 2004 to 2014, Mr. Nelsen served as trustee of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Mr. Nelsen received an MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. with majors in Economics and Biology from the University of Puget Sound.