Nenad Svrzikapa
Co-Founder, Senior Director, Head Of Platform
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNenad Svrzikapa is a biotech founder and scientist-entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience advancing RNA therapeutics and oligonucleotide drug development. He co-founded Orfonyx Bio and previously served as a founding scientist at WaVe Life Sciences, blending deep bench research with platform-building and leadership roles in computational biology. A DPhil candidate at Oxford and an ALM-trained bioinformatics instructor at Harvard, he bridges rigorous academic training with hands-on industry execution. His track record spans early discovery through platform scale-up, often translating complex molecular insights into practical drug-development programs. Based in Oxford, he combines transatlantic experience from Cambridge, MA to the UK and a rare mix of teaching, research and startup stewardship. Colleagues know him for pairing scientific depth with an appetite for building platforms that accelerate therapeutic translation.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil in Paediatrics Protein upregulation, DPhil in Paediatrics Protein upregulation at University of OxfordBA Biology, BA Biology at Knox CollegeMaster’s Degree ALM Bioinformatics, Master’s Degree ALM Bioinformatics at Harvard University
English, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
issue-tracking7
sequence6
dictionary6
statistics6
python6
pandas6
tuples6
matplotlib6
data-visualization5
anaconda5
sequence-alignment5
testing5
data-science5
visualization5
docker5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sunworshipper/e29
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:46 commits, 40 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
sunworshipper/wavedock
May 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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