Our Team
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 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
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 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 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
Founders
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 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 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
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 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.





