Prior to co-founding MPM in 1997, Luke Evnin was employed by the venture capital firm Accel Partners. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California – San Francisco. He has devoted significant efforts since 2000 to working with the Scleroderma Research Foundation, serving as Chairman since 2002. Dr. Evnin also devotes energy to the External Advisory Board at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Quantitative Genomics at Princeton, the External Advisory Boards for QB3, the Mission Bay Capital Fund at UCSF, and the Boston University Scleroderma CORT.

Nina Kjellson joined Cannan’s healthcare team from InterWest Partners where she has been investing in healthcare start-ups since 2002. She focuses primarily on investments in biopharmaceuticals and digital health. Nina is co-founder and co-chair of ConsumerMed.org, a forum to address the convergence of health care and consumer innovation and serves as a mentor to Blueprint Health, a digital health incubator and Springboard Life Sciences, an accelerator for healthcare companies driven by women entrepreneurs. Investment themes include innovative therapeutics for serious and underserved conditions, IT-enabled transformation of healthcare delivery and patient/consumer engagement.

Current investments include Cidara (CDTX), Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, Lycera, Ocera (OCRX), Paratek (PRTK), and WellTok.

Previous investments include Labrys Biologics (acquired by Teva), Alt12 (acquired by Honest Company), Trius Therapeutics (TSRX; acquired by Cubist), CNS Therapeutics (acquired by Covidien), NovaCardia (acquired by Merck), and Aspreva (ASPV; acquired by Galenica)

Prior to InterWest, Nina was an investment manager at Bay City Capital, a life sciences merchant bank, and a research associate at Oracle Partners, a health care-focused hedge fund. Nina began her career conducting health policy and survey research with the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Nina received a B.A. in human biology from Stanford University (1997).

She serves on the California Leadership Council for the Nature Conservancy and has been nominated to join the board of the California Family Health Council.

Dr. Brun has over two decades of drug development and leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He was most recently Vice President of Scientific Affairs and Head of AbbVie Ventures. Previously, Dr. Brun served as Vice President and Head of Pharmaceutical Development at AbbVie. During his tenure, Dr. Brun oversaw a global organization with responsibilities for AbbVie’s portfolio of early and late stage pipeline compounds as well as marketed compounds within oncology, neurology, immunology, renal, infectious disease, and women’s and men’s health. Dr. Brun contributed to the development and approval of a number of products across therapeutic areas, including Viekira, Mavyret, Venclexta, Rinvoq, Skyrisi, and Orilissa. Prior to joining AbbVie, Dr. Brun spent over 15 years at Abbott Laboratories, where he held positions of increasing leadership in drug development within the R&D organization.

Dr. Brun is currently acting as an independent consultant and advisor to the venture capital and biopharmaceutical industry. He is a venture partner at the global life science VC firm Abingworth, a senior advisor to Horizon Therapeutics, a board member at Axial Therapeutics and Cabaletta Bio, and a consultant to a range of startup companies and academic incubator programs. Dr. Brun received his BS in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and earned his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Hohneker joined the board in September 2020 and brings 30 years of drug development and leadership experience within the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. He most recently served as President and CEO of Anokion.

Prior to Anokion, he was President of Research and Development at FORMA Therapeutics Inc., where he guided the company’s transition from a discovery-stage biotech to one with multiple programs in clinical trials. Prior to FORMA, he held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Novartis AG, most recently as senior vice president and global head of development for immunology and dermatology, where he led the development and registration of Cosentyx® and Ilaris®. During his tenure at Novartis, Dr. Hohneker also played a key role in the development, approval, and commercialization of several products including Gleevec®, Tasigna®, Zometa®, Afinitor® and Exjade®. Prior to joining Novartis, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Glaxo Wellcome and its legacy company, Burroughs Wellcome.

He received a BA from Gettysburg College and a MD from Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences (formerly the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School). He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in medical oncology, all at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Scott Clarke brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

Scott most recently served as CEO of Trishula Therapeutics. He was responsible for launching Trishula - out of Tizona Therapeutic’s transaction with Gilead Sciences - as a stand-alone, thriving company.

Previously, Scott served as Tizona’s Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, Tizona’s two lead programs advanced into the clinic, the company built out its preclinical portfolio, and entered into a transformational alliance with Gilead. He continues to serve on the Board of Directors of both Trishula and Tizona.

Prior to Tizona, Scott served as Global Head of Oncology Partnering and Head of Asia and Emerging Markets Partnering at Roche. In this role he was responsible for licensing, clinical collaborations, and acquisitions in oncology, and for sourcing opportunities across all indications from Asia.

From 2005 to 2017, Scott held positions of increasing responsibility at BioMarin, including serving as the Senior Vice President of Product Development, responsible for advancing BioMarin’s portfolio of clinical and late preclinical product candidates through approval. Prior to this role, Scott was Vice President of Business Development and Scientific Licensing overseeing all preclinical and early clinical licensing and M&A.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Science in Biotechnology at Northwestern University and an MBA from London Business School.

Dr. Singhal is the President and CEO of Trishula Therapeutics, bringing with him more than three decades of research and development leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Trishula and TriSalus Inc.

He joins Trishula from Adicet Bio where, as the President and CEO, he led the company to its first oncology IND and merger with a public company. Previously, Dr. Singhal held the positions of Executive in Residence at Canaan Partners and CSO at OncoResponse Inc. Dr. Singhal also served as Vice President of Early Oncology Development at AbbVie and Head of the AbbVie Redwood City site. In that role, he led the global approval of Empliciti in multiple myeloma and daclizumab in MS. As a member of the R&D leadership team, he helped to build an impressive portfolio and key translational science capabilities in oncology, immunology and other diseases.

Prior to his industry tenure, Dr. Singhal was Assistant Research Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and concurrent with the industry role, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Washington.