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AERSKA

Aerska develops RNA interference medicines designed to reach the brain and treat, delay or prevent neurodegenerative diseases.

Team

Alex BrunickiAlex BrunickiBoard Member
Alex ColvilleBoard Member
Andrew CreganSenior Director, Finance and Administration
Andy BestPrincipal Scientist, siRNA Lead Development
Arno de WildeBoard Member
Dave HardwickeDirector, Head of Business Development, Co-founder
David CoughlanVP, Head of Early Development
Duygu YilmazSenior Director, RNA Therapeutics Discovery and Translational Science
Eugene KimIntellectual Property
Helen CrehanPrincipal Scientist, Translational Pharmacology
Hyoungseok JuDirector, Discovery Project
Ian HugginsSenior Director, Delivery Sciences
Ines MateusSenior Scientist I
Itziar CanamasasBoard Member
Jack O’MearaChief Executive Officer, Co-founder
Jayesh MajithiyaDirector, Translational Medicine
Jemimah Keren BungabongOperations Associate
Jessica McDonaldSenior Director, Program Management & Scientific Operations
Lalanti VenkatSenior Manager, Business Development and Strategy
Lisa Taylor AshBoard Member
Marta DragoshiSenior Manager, Office of the CEO
Michael PerkintonVP, Head of Research
Nienke VrienzenDirector, CMC Strategy
Ollie KingSenior Scientist I
Philip ScheltensPhilip ScheltensBoard Observer
Robyn McAdamPrincipal Scientist
Sam HandelmanPrincipal Scientist, Clinical Informatics & Data Science
Saskia ReibePrincipal Scientist, Computational siRNA Lead Development
Stuart MilsteinChief Platform Officer, Co-founder
Uli StilzBoard Member

Investments

$21M2025-10-01Alex Brunicki
$21M2025-10-01Speedinvest, BACKED VC
$—Unknown datePsyMed Ventures