Board & Advisors
Guided by a profound calling, our board of Nobel laureates and pioneers provides the mentorship and vision to advance life sciences and foster global innovation.
Jean-Marie Lehn is a world-renowned chemist and the 1987 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work in supramolecular chemistry, a field he significantly defined through his research on molecular recognition and interactions.
An alumnus of the University of Strasbourg and Harvard, Professor Lehn has held prestigious chairs at the Collège de France and served as the founding director of ISIS. With over 1,000 publications, his contributions to self-organization and molecular science have fundamentally shaped modern chemistry.
He remains a global leader in innovation, holding various honorary and leadership roles at top-tier institutions.
Advisory Board MemberJean-Marie Lehn
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1987)
Roald Hoffmann
Advisory Board MemberRoald Hoffmann is a distinguished theoretical chemist at Cornell University and the 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He is celebrated for his revolutionary insights into electronic structures, specifically teaching the scientific community how electrons influence molecular structure and reactivity.
Born in Złoczów and having immigrated to the U.S. in 1949, his academic career has earned him nearly every major honor in his profession. Beyond his scientific achievements, Hoffmann is an acclaimed author and poet who explores the intersections of science, philosophy, and the humanities. He has published numerous volumes of poetry, plays, and non-fiction, inspiring a unique interdisciplinary approach to discovery.
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1981)
Richard J. Roberts
Advisory Board MemberNobel Laureate in Chemistry (1987)
Richard J. Roberts is a pioneering molecular biologist and the Chief Scientific Officer at New England Biolabs. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering split genes and mRNA splicing, a breakthrough that fundamentally redefined our understanding of genetic structure.
During his tenure at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Sir Richard discovered over 100 restriction enzymes, providing the essential tools for modern biotechnology. He was also an early visionary in bioinformatics, pioneering the application of computational methods to DNA sequence analysis as early as the late 1970s.
Knighted in 2008 for his contributions to science, Sir Richard is a graduate of the University of Sheffield and Harvard. He currently leads the COMBREX project and remains a global advocate for open access to scientific research and data.