Our Team

World-class team developing the next generation of in vivo CAR-T cell therapeutics

Ton Schumacher
Orcid

Ton Schumacher

Founder and Advisor
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Logo of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Nederlands Kanker Instituut, featuring a stylized line drawing of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek 's face with long, wavy hair next to the text. NKI-AVL
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Frank Stegmeier
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Frank Stegmeier

President
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Logo with the word 'NOVARTIS' written in black uppercase letters
Curie.Bio logo in gradient colors.
Ali Can Sahillioglu
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Thomas Pertel
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Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Ali Can Sahillioglu

Thomas Pertel

VP; Head of Preclinical Development
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Allogene Therapetics logo with a circular design of red and teal dots and the company name.
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Jon Terrett
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PV Sivakumar
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CxO

Jon Terrett

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Logo of Oxford BioTherapeutics with the company name in blue and black text.
GSK logo
Curie.Bio logo with gradient colors from purple to pink to orange.
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ImmuneX logo in blue text.
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PV Sivakumar

CSO Co-Pilot
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The logo of Curie.Bio with the text in a gradient color scheme from purple to red to orange.
Zymo Genetics logo with the tagline 'A Bristol-Myers Squibb Company'