Our Team
Alveolus Bio is an interdisciplinary team of physicians, researchers, and innovators collaborating at the intersection of respiratory medicine and microbiome science.

C Vivek Lal MD FAAP
Founder & CSO

Amit Gaggar MD PhD
Chief Medical Officer

Gaurav Mehta MBA
CEO

Andrew O'Connor MS MBA
CMC Advisor

Theodora Nicola MD PhD MBA
Director of Research

Nancy Wenger
Associate Director
The Alveolus Team

David Giddings
Corporate Development

Paola Torre
Advisor – R&D

Francesca Buttini
Advisor, Microbiome R&D
Alveolus Bio is an interdisciplinary team of physicians, researchers, and innovators collaborating at the intersection of respiratory medicine, microbiome science, drug delivery modalities.

John Patton, PhD
Science Advisor, Drug Delivery & CMC

Marta New PhD MBA
Science Advisor Drug Development

Art Tipton PhD
Science Advisor, Drug Delivery

Ron Wolff, PhD
Science Advisor, Respiratory Toxicology

Melanie Hartsough, PhD
Science Advisor, Non-Clinical and Regulatory

Rakesh Patel, PhD
Science Advisor, Pulmonary Hypertension

Namasivayam Ambalavanan MD
Science Advisor, Pediatric Lung Disease

Nirmal Sharma MD
Science Advisor, Lung Transplant

Mike Wells MD PhD
Science Advisor, Clinical Trials and Adult Lung Disease

Yvonne Huang MD
Science Advisor, Microbiome and Adult Lung Disease

Casey Morrow PhD
Science Advisor, Microbiome

Kent Willis MD
Science Advisor, Mycobiome