Wyatt Mcdonnell
Co-Founder And CEO at Infinimmune
Pleasanton, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWyatt Mcdonnell is a biotechnology founder and CEO with nine years of experience translating deep immunology expertise into company-building at Infinimmune, where he leads development of truly human therapeutic platforms. He holds a BSc in Molecular Biology and both an MS and PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Vanderbilt, pairing rigorous academic training with hands-on leadership in the Bay Area biotech scene. Wyatt’s scientific focus on B and T cell biology informs product strategy and differentiates his company’s approach to humanized immune therapies. As a scientist-CEO, he balances lab-first credibility with the operational demands of scaling a startup, bringing both technical fluency and fundraising/product vision to bear. An unexpected thread through his profile is a clear, personal devotion to adaptive immunity that shapes how he communicates science and recruits talent.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Molecular Biology at Hillsdale CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Microbiology and Immunology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Spanish, English
Github Skills (46)
single-cell-genomics10
bioinformatics10
cran10
immunology8
hla8
bam8
r-package7
r7
fastq7
transcriptomics7
rna-seq7
fasta7
single-cell-analysis6
harmony6
stat6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wyattmcdonnell/academic-kickstart
Jun 2019 - Jul 2023
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
wyattmcdonnell/umap-fcs-example
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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