OUR TEAM
Leadership Team
Ke Cheng Ph.D.
Founder​
Dr. Cheng is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Veterinary Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. He is now heading a research program at the interface of regenerative medicine and biomedical engineering. Prior to this position, Ke was an Assistant Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, where his research focused on stem cells and regenerative medicine in animal models. Ke also served as the director of the stem cell lab for multiple clinical trials including a clinical trial using a patient’s own cardiac stem cells to treat heart disease.
Linda Wang, M.D., M.S.
Chief Technology Officer, Head CMC
Linda Wang is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Xsome. She has more than 20 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience, including key leadership roles in process development, technology transfer, and manufacturing. Before joining Xsome, she was a Senior Director of MSAT at Skyline Therapeutics for cell and gene therapies. Prior to Skyline, she was a Senior Director of Global Process Development at Wuxi Advanced Therapeutics, where she was responsible for upstream and downstream process, and assay development. Preceding the Senior Director role, Ms. Wang held leadership positions at multiple world-renowned biopharmaceutical companies, including Advanced Bioscience Laboratories, Novartis China, Thermo Fisher, Shire, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Ms. Wang received her M.S. from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States, and her M.D. from Nanjing Medical University in China.
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