Our Team

Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Noor is the CEO and co-founder of Matrisome Bio. As founding CEO, she raised the company’s seed round and defined its strategic vision. With over 15 years of expertise in oncology and ECM biology, she is an inventor of the company’s core technology. She holds a PhD in immunology, postdoctoral training at MIT’s Hynes Lab and was named a 2025 Termeer Fellow.

Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, 
Co-Founder & President
Monica Gostissa, PhD

Monica is an accomplished oncology and immunology R&D leader. She has advanced multiple programs from target identification into the clinic, and brings expertise in discovery and development across modalities, including radioligand therapies. Before joining Matrisome Bio, Monica held senior roles at Egle and Jounce Therapeutics. She has a PhD in Molecular Genetics.

Monica Gostissa, PhD

Chief Science Officer
Edward Tad Stewart, MBA

Tad is a experienced biopharma business and corporate development executive. He has played an integral strategic role in funding and scaling biotechnology companies from early research to clinical development and through commercial launch.  Prior to Matrisome Bio, Tad served in leadership roles with several companies, including Ribon Therapeutics, GRO Biosciences, Crescendo Biologics and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals.

Edward Tad Stewart, MBA

Chief Business Officer
Alice Desbuleux, PhD

Alice oversees the protein engineering platform at Matrisome Bio. She brings multidisciplinary expertise across modalities in oncology. She was a former research fellow in the David M. Livingston lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and holds a PhD in Molecular Biology.

Alice Desbuleux, PhD

Senior Scientist
Dennis Zimmermann, PhD

Dennis oversees the non-dilutive funding efforts at Matrisome Bio and supports protein engineering and biophysical characterization. Dennis is an experienced protein biochemist and former group leader at MIT’s Koch Institute for Cancer Research. He holds a PhD in Cell Biology from LMU in Munich and received his postdoctoral training from the University of Chicago.

Dennis Zimmermann, PhD

Associate Director, Research & Development
Suma Prabhu, PhD

Suma oversees all in vivo preclinical work at Matrisome Bio. She brings expertise in radioligand therapeutics, preclinical pharmacology , and molecular imaging. Suma’s previous experience includes roles at Harvard MGH, Fusion Pharmaceuticals, and UIUC.

Suma Prabhu, PhD

Senior Scientist
Devyn Luden, BS

Devyn supports Matrisome Bio’s protein engineering platform. She has expertise in molecular biology, and synthetic biology, including hands-on experience with assay development and laboratory automation. She holds a BS in Biology.

Devyn Luden, BS

Research Associate II

Founders

Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Noor is the CEO and co-founder of Matrisome Bio. As founding CEO, she raised the company’s seed round and defined its strategic vision. With over 15 years of expertise in oncology and ECM biology, she is an inventor of the company’s core technology. She holds a PhD in immunology, postdoctoral training at MIT’s Hynes Lab and was named a 2025 Termeer Fellow.

Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, 
Co-Founder & President
Richard Hynes, PhD

Richard is the Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research (Emeritus) at MIT and a former HHMI Investigator. A pioneering cancer biologist, he co-discovered fibronectin and identified the integrin family of cell receptors. His foundational work on extracellular matrix biology, cell adhesion, and metastasis has shaped modern cancer research. He is a recipient of the Albert Lasker and Gairdner Awards and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), NAS, and NAM.

Richard Hynes, PhD

Professor, MIT & HHMI (Alum) Lasker Award 2022
Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD

Sangeeta is a globally recognized leader in biomedical engineering and cancer nanomedicine. She is the John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Engineering at MIT, an HHMI Investigator, and Director of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine. A serial entrepreneur, she has founded multiple biotechnology companies and serves as a Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD

Professor, MIT & HHMI

Board

Tony de Fougerolles, PhD

Board Chairman, Matrisome Bio
Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Noor is the CEO and co-founder of Matrisome Bio. As founding CEO, she raised the company’s seed round and defined its strategic vision. With over 15 years of expertise in oncology and ECM biology, she is an inventor of the company’s core technology. She holds a PhD in immunology, postdoctoral training at MIT’s Hynes Lab and was named a 2025 Termeer Fellow.

Noor Jailkhani, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, 
Co-Founder & President
Richard Hynes, PhD

Richard is the Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research (Emeritus) at MIT and a former HHMI Investigator. A pioneering cancer biologist, he co-discovered fibronectin and identified the integrin family of cell receptors. His foundational work on extracellular matrix biology, cell adhesion, and metastasis has shaped modern cancer research. He is a recipient of the Albert Lasker and Gairdner Awards and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), NAS, and NAM.

Richard Hynes, PhD

Professor, MIT & HHMI (Alum) Lasker Award 2022

Ann DeWitt, PhD, MBA

General Partner Engine Ventures

Felicia Hsu, MD

Principal BOLD Capital Partners

SAB (Scientific Advisory Board)

Chaitanya Divgi, MBBS, MS

Former Director, Nuclear Medicine Columbia University

Padmanee Sharma, MD, PhD

Professor, Medical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center

Robert Langer, ScD

MIT, Institute Professor “The Edison of Medicine”

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