Melissa McCracken, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since March 2021. Since September 2019, Dr. McCracken has served as a principal and currently as a partner at Nextech Invest Ltd., a venture capital firm focused on precision therapeutics. Prior to Nextech, Dr. McCracken was an associate and then senior associate at Third Rock Ventures, LLC from February 2017 until August 2019, a venture capital firm where she focused on scientific due diligence, partnership development and new company formation in oncology and immunology. At Third Rock Ventures, Dr. McCracken helped build and launch Celsius Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on discovering precision therapeutics for oncology and autoimmune diseases and worked with the founding team from March 2018 to March 2019. Dr. McCracken currently serves as a board member of Alterome Therapeutics, Inc., Airna, Inc., Ambagon Therapeutics, Inc., Alpha-9 Oncology, K36 Therapeutics, Inc. and was previously a board member of A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc., Be Biopharma Inc., ImaginAB Inc. and board observer of ProfoundBio, Inc., Silverback Therapeutics, Inc. and IconOvir Bio, Inc. Dr. McCracken holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of California, Los Angeles. We believe that Dr. McCracken s expertise and experience in the venture capital industry, her experience as a director of biopharmaceutical companies and her educational background provide her with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board.