Where does John Chodera work?

John Chodera is President / CEO of Achira.

Where did John Chodera go to school?

John Chodera studied at University of California, San Francisco (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biophysics); Caltech (Bachelor’s Degree, Biology).

John Chodera

Founder

President / CEO at Achira

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedAchira

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President / CEO at Achira

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Achira's investors · 6

Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks CompoundNew York · $400K – $1.5M checks · since 2025 DIMENSIONTokyo · since 2025 Dimension CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks NVenturesSingapore · $25K – $2.5M checks NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2025

Co-founders at Achira

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Experience

AchiraCo-Founder, CEO, and Presidentcurrent2024 — presentNew York and San Francisco
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterMembercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAssociate Member2018 — 2023New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAssistant Member2012 — 2018
Weill Cornell MedicineFaculty, Program in Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biologycurrent2013 — present
SchrödingerScientific Advisory Board Member2013 — 2018
UC BerkeleyQB3-Berkeley Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow2008 — 2012Berkeley, CA
Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow2007 — 2008Stanford, CA

Skills & more

Biochemistry8Molecular Biology4Biophysics6Computational Biology6Life Sciences5Protein Chemistry5Science5Chemistry3Systems Biology3Drug Discovery3Research3

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John Chodera?: President / CEO at Achira
Where does John Chodera work?: John Chodera is President / CEO of Achira.
What companies did John Chodera found?: John Chodera founded Achira.
Where did John Chodera go to school?: John Chodera studied at University of California, San Francisco (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biophysics); Caltech (Bachelor’s Degree, Biology).

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Stanford University mafia1,934

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Caltech mafia153

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University of California, San Francisco mafia78

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Also attended University of California, San Francisco144

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Also attended Caltech254

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VC Susannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

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Shared employers

Also worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center57

Neil NagVenture Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc Bridget Martell MA, MDSenior Biopharmaceutical Advisor at Two Bear Capital Tarek El-SawyVenture Partner at Raiven Stella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas Venture Maurizio FazioPrincipal at Atlas Venture Alley (Welsh) OlshanskyAdvisor at Casdin Capital

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Also worked at Weill Cornell Medicine41

Alexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorp Lindsay MontiGeneral Counsel and CCO at JMI Equity Rache SimmonsBreast Cancer Surgeon at FemHealth Ventures Igor TulchinskyFounder, WorldQuant Ventures LLC at WorldQuant Ventures Jakob DupontExecutive Partner, Private Equity at Sofinnova Ventures Tara BishopInvestor at Black Opal Ventures

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Also worked at Schrödinger12

Ishita AloniEngineering Manager at Loop at Lorimer Ventures Yatong LiManaging Director at Teachers' Venture Growth Vijay PandeGeneral Partner, Andreessen Horowitz at Propagator Ventures Rosana KapellerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Joshua Kennedy-SmithManaging Director at RTW Investments L.P.Frank YinSenior Investment Associate at WRF Capital

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Also worked at UC Berkeley511

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