David R. Liu
Unicorn founderFounder and Inventor at Beam Therapeutics · Co-founder at Prime Medicine · Scientific Founder, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University at Editas Medicine
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
FoundedBeam Therapeutics$1.8BEditas MedicineExo TherapeuticsPrime Medicine
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Co-founder at Prime Medicine
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Founder and Inventor at Beam Therapeutics
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Scientific Founder, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University at Editas Medicine
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Experience
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCore Institute Member and Vice-Chair of the Facultycurrent2016 — present
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardRichard Merkin Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcarecurrent2017 — present
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardDirector, Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science (CBTS) Programcurrent2016 — present
- Harvard UniversityThomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciencescurrent2019 — present
- Harvard Microbial Sciences InitiativeAssociate Faculty Membercurrent2012 — present
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteInvestigatorcurrent2005 — present
- Chroma MedicineCo-Founder2020
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David R. Liu?
- Founder and Inventor at Beam Therapeutics
- Where does David R. Liu work?
- David R. Liu is Founder and Inventor of Beam Therapeutics and Co-founder at Prime Medicine and Scientific Founder, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University at Editas Medicine.
- What companies did David R. Liu found?
- David R. Liu founded Beam Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Exo Therapeutics, Prime Medicine.
- Where did David R. Liu go to school?
- David R. Liu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Organic Chemistry); Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts - BA).
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Also worked at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard82
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