Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D.

Peter Kolchinsky has served as a member of the ARS Board since August 2021. Dr. Kolchinsky is a founder and Managing Partner at RA Capital Management, L.P., a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in healthcare and life science companies that are developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics, where he has worked since 2001.

Dr. Kolchinsky has also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Research Alliance Corp. II (Nasdaq: RACB), a special purpose acquisition company, since July 2020, and as the Chief Executive Officer and board Chairman of Therapeutics Acquisition Corp. (formerly Nasdaq: RACA), a special purpose acquisition company, from April 2020 until the consummation of its business combination in June 2021. Dr. Kolchinsky has served on the boards of directors of ICOSAVAX, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICVX), a vaccine development company, since March 2021 and currently serves on its nominating and corporate governance committee, WAVE Life Sciences, Ltd. (Nasdaq: WVE), a biotechnology company focused on delivering therapies for patients with serious, genetically-defined diseases, since January 2015 and currently serves on its compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee, Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: FMTX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for patients with hematologic diseases and cancers, since December 2019 and currently serves on its compensation committee, and Synthorx, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: THOR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, from May 2018 to January 2020, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA), a biopharmaceutical company, from July 2013 to December 2019, and also serves on the boards of directors of a number of private companies.

Dr. Kolchinksy also leads RA Capital’s engagement and publishing efforts, which aim to make a positive social impact and spark collaboration among healthcare stakeholders, including patients, physicians, researchers, policymakers, and industry. He served on the Board of Global Science and Technology for the National Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2012, is the author of “The Great American Drug Deal” and “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to a Biotech Startup,” and frequently writes and speaks on the future of biotechnology innovation. Dr. Kolchinsky holds a Ph.D. in virology from Harvard University and a B.S. degree in biology from Cornell University.