
About
Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD is a biotech executive and scientist best known as co-founder and CEO of Moonwalk Biosciences, a genomic medicine startup developing precision epigenetic therapeutics. Before Moonwalk, he served as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Research and Product Development at Illumina, and earlier co-founded GRAIL, where he was Chief Scientific Officer and Head of R&D. His career centers on genomics, cancer detection, epigenetic medicine, and AI-enabled biomedical product development.
Areas of interest
biotechgenomicsepigeneticsprecision medicinegenetic medicinescancer early detectionAI in biologybioinformatics