Leadership
Ilya Rachman, MD PhD
Gabriel Morris, BA
Graham Ross, FFPM
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Rachman is a physician/scientist and former community clinical faculty at UCLA. He received both his MD and PhD from the University of Illinois, and his MBA from UCLA Anderson. Ilya founded a Clinical Research organization that conducted clinical trials of pharmaceutical drugs, and is also currently the CEO of Immix Biopharma, Inc. He has completed several clinical trials as a Principal Investigator and developed strong relationships in the clinical research industry.
Chief Financial Officer
Gabriel Morris is the Chief Financial Officer of Immix Biopharma, Inc. Mr. Morris has been managing partner of Alwaysraise LLC, a life sciences advisory and investment firm based in San Francisco, since founding. Prior, Mr. Morris was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Zap Surgical Systems, a brain radiosurgery company, where he completed a $81 million growth equity financing round. Prior, Mr. Morris led cross-border mergers & acquisitions transactions at Goldman Sachs and other global investment banks for more than a decade, where he participated in greater than $50 billion in completed transactions. Mr. Morris received his B.A. from the Columbia University in the City of New York.
Acting Chief Medical Officer & Head of Clinical Development
Dr. Ross is an experienced pharmaceutical physician executive with a successful track record of development and post-marketing activities of a number of cancer therapeutics (including topoisomerase inhibitors and therapeutic antibodies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and next generation immunotherapeutics). Prior, Dr. Ross was Senior Medical Science Director, AstraZeneca and Global Clinical Leader at Roche Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for the clinical development and registration of pertuzumab in breast cancer indications (marketed as PERJETA® by Roche). Prior to Roche, Dr. Ross was Director of Clinical Development at GlaxoSmithKline for a decade. Dr. Ross trained in oncology in Durban, South Africa and specialized a second time as a pharmaceutical physician in the UK.
Ilya Rachman, MD PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Gabriel Morris, BA
Chief Financial Officer
Graham Ross, FFPM
Acting Chief Medical Officer & Head of Clinical Development
Board of Directors
Helen C. Adams, CPA
Jane Buchan, PhD
Jason Hsu
Magda Marquet, PhD
Carey Ng, PhD
Ilya Rachman, MD, PhD
Gabriel Morris
Helen C. Adams, CPA
Jane Buchan, PhD
Jason Hsu
Magda Marquet, PhD
Carey Ng, PhD
Ilya Rachman, MD, PhD
Gabriel Morris
Vladimir Torchilin,
Ph.D, D.Sc., MSE
Sean Senn
Co-Founder
Dr. Torchilin is also a University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston. Prior to Northeastern, Dr. Torchilin was Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Head of Chemistry Program, Center for Imaging and Pharmaceutical Research, and Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Torchilin’s interests include drug delivery and targeting, nanomedicine, multifunctional and stimuli-sensitive pharmaceutical nanocarriers, biomedical polymers, experimental cancer therapy. Dr. Torchilin has published more than 400 original papers, more than 150 reviews and book chapters, wrote and edited 12 books, and holds more than 40 patents. Google Scholar shows more than 52,000 citations of his papers with H-index of 102. Dr. Torchilin is Editor-in-Chief of Current Drug Discovery Technologies, Drug Delivery, and OpenNano, Co-Editor of Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and on the Editorial Boards of many other journals. Dr. Torchilin received more than $30 M from the governmental and industrial sources in research funding. Dr. Torchilin has multiple honors and awards and in 2011, Times Higher Education ranked him number 2 among top world scientists in pharmacology for the period of 2000-2010. Dr. Torchilin received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry, and MS in Chemistry from Moscow State University.
Co-Founder
Sean Senn is a Co-Founder of Immix and a practicing biotechnology patent attorney, with graduate degrees in Molecular Biology and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. He was previously a Partner at the law firm of Archer Norris, PLC, where he Chaired the Patent Practice Group. Previous to this, he was with Nixon Peabody as a patent attorney. Mr. Senn works with biotech-based companies across a wide range of matters and supports technology transfer programs at academic institutions such as Stanford University and the Regents of the University of California. Sean represents clients in patent procurement, licensing, and coordination of complex research arrangements.
Vladimir Torchilin, Ph.D, D.Sc., MSE
Co-Founder
Dr. Torchilin is also a University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Boston. Prior to Northeastern, Dr. Torchilin was Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Head of Chemistry Program, Center for Imaging and Pharmaceutical Research, and Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Torchilin’s interests include drug delivery and targeting, nanomedicine, multifunctional and stimuli-sensitive pharmaceutical nanocarriers, biomedical polymers, experimental cancer therapy. Dr. Torchilin has published more than 400 original papers, more than 150 reviews and book chapters, wrote and edited 12 books, and holds more than 40 patents. Google Scholar shows more than 52,000 citations of his papers with H-index of 102. Dr. Torchilin is Editor-in-Chief of Current Drug Discovery Technologies, Drug Delivery, and OpenNano, Co-Editor of Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and on the Editorial Boards of many other journals. Dr. Torchilin received more than $30 M from the governmental and industrial sources in research funding. Dr. Torchilin has multiple honors and awards and in 2011, Times Higher Education ranked him number 2 among top world scientists in pharmacology for the period of 2000-2010. Dr. Torchilin received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry, and MS in Chemistry from Moscow State University.
Sean Senn
Co-Founder
Sean Senn is a Co-Founder of Immix and a practicing biotechnology patent attorney, with graduate degrees in Molecular Biology and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. He was previously a Partner at the law firm of Archer Norris, PLC, where he Chaired the Patent Practice Group. Previous to this, he was with Nixon Peabody as a patent attorney. Mr. Senn works with biotech-based companies across a wide range of matters and supports technology transfer programs at academic institutions such as Stanford University and the Regents of the University of California. Sean represents clients in patent procurement, licensing, and coordination of complex research arrangements.
Helen C. Adams, CPA
Director
Ms. Adams is also the Audit Committee Chair and a member of the board of directors of Prometheus Biosciences, Inc (Nasdaq:RXDX). From January 2013 to March 2018, Ms. Adams was the San Diego Area Managing Partner for Haskell & White LLP, a regional certified public accounting firm. Previously, Ms. Adams was a certified public accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1982 to 2009, serving most recently as a Partner in the Life Sciences and Technology Group. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Adams was a member of the board of directors of Genasys Inc. (formerly known as LRAD Corporation), serving as the Audit Committee Chair and member of the Compensation Committee. In addition to her public company board service, Ms. Adams has served on the boards of directors and working committees of many organizations, including Athena San Diego, the Athena Foundation, Corporate Directors’ Forum, Make A Wish San Diego, the YWCA, and the California State University at San Marcos Foundation. Ms. Adams received her BS from San Diego State University and completed an Executive Management Program at Columbia Business School. Ms. Adams’ experience in public accounting and the life sciences industry qualifies her to serve on our board of directors.
Jane Buchan, PhD
Director
Dr. Buchan is also a member of the board of directors of Globe Life Inc (NYSE:GL) and AGF Management Ltd. (TSX:AGF.B) . Dr. Buchan is Chief Executive Officer of Martlet Asset Management, a private investment office established in 2018. Prior to founding Martlet, Dr. Buchan was Chief Executive Officer of PAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds, which she helped found in 2000, and Co-CEO of the holding company, PAAMCO Prisma Holdings. Under her leadership, the firm grew to $32 billion in assets under management. Dr. Buchan began her career at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in the Capital Markets Group. She has been an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She recently served as chairwoman of the board for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Master of Financial Engineering Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. She is a Trustee of Reed College, Portland, Oregon and University of California Irvine Foundation. Dr. Buchan has been actively involved in initiatives to advance the careers of women in finance and is a founding Angel for 100 Women in Finance. has also been recognized with numerous industry honors and awards. She earned a BA in Economics from Yale University and holds both a PhD and an MA in Business Economics (Finance) from Harvard University.
Jason Hsu
Director
Mr. Hsu is the founder and chairman of Rayliant Global Advisors, a professor of finance at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and on the Board of Advisors for UCLA Anderson School of Management. Rayliant is an asset manager focused on generating alpha from investing in China and other inefficient emerging markets, which has a total of USD 27 billion of investment assets using its strategies across equity, fixed income and alternatives. Prior to founding Rayliant, Mr. Hsu was the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Research Affiliates, a quantitative fund manager with over $200 billion under management. Mr. Hsu has received 3 JPM Fabozzi-Bernstein Outstanding Research Awards, 3 CFA Institute Graham and Dodd awards, 3 William Sharpe Best Research awards, 2010 Rising Star of Hedge Fund, 40+ Journal publications and 11+ books and book chapters on investing, 2009 Outstanding Service Award (UCLA Anderson), and has held visiting positions at UC Irvine, National Taiwan Chengchi University, Kyoto University and Tsinghua University. Mr. Hsu received his BS (summa cum laude) from the California Institute of Technology, was awarded a MS from Stanford University, and earned his PhD in finance from UCLA.
Magda Marquet, PhD
Director
Dr. Marquet is also a member of the board of directors of AnaptysBio, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANAB) and Arcturus Therapeutics (Nasdaq:ARCT). She was the co-CEO of Althea Technologies from 2000 to 2008. She is currently the co-CEO of Alma Life Sciences. LLC, an investment and consulting firm and serves on several Boards of Directors. Dr. Marquet has built, led and commercialized multiple life science companies. She is the co-founder of AltheaDx, a commercial stage, precision medicine company with the world’s leading pharmacogenomics test for anxiety and depression, and ALMA Life Sciences, LLC, an early stage investment firm creating and growing innovative healthcare companies. Dr. Marquet co-founded Althea Technologies and, as its co-CEO with full P&L responsibility, led the company to become a leader in the field and a highly profitable, commercial company. As a result, she guided Althea to acquisition by Ajinomoto, a global Japanese company and leader in amino acid technology. Prior to starting Althea Technologies, Dr. Marquet held several positions in pharmaceutical development in companies such as Vical and Amylin Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Marquet holds a Ph.D in Biochemical Engineering from INSA/University of Toulouse, France. She has received numerous prestigious awards throughout her career including the 2005 Regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Life Sciences category, the Athena Pinnacle award, the Director of the Year award (Corporate Governance) from the Corporate Directors Forum and has been inducted into the CONNECT Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Carey Ng, PhD
Director
Dr. Ng is a Managing Director of Mesa Verde Venture Partners and Member of the Investment Committee. Dr. Ng has over fifteen years investment and operating experience in the biomedical industry, ranging from biotech startups to large biopharmaceutical companies. Dr. Ng serves on the board of a number of Mesa Verde portfolio companies including Immix Biopharma, Elysium Therapeutics, Satiogen Pharmaceuticals (spinout acquired by Shire), Biscayne Neurotherapeutics (acquired by Supernus), and Paradigm (acquired by Exact Sciences). His board observer roles include Matrisys Bioscience, Immusoft, Alastin Skincare, Retrosense Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan), and Oncternal Therapeutics (ONCT). Prior to Mesa Verde, he worked with a number of biomedical startups and was also in business development at Abbott. Dr. Ng has a Ph.D. from UCLA and a MBA from UC San Diego.
Ilya Rachman, MD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Dr. Rachman is a physician/scientist and former community clinical faculty at UCLA. He received both his MD and PhD from the University of Illinois, and his MBA from UCLA Anderson. Ilya founded a Clinical Research organization that conducted clinical trials of pharmaceutical drugs, and is also currently the CEO of Immix Biopharma, Inc. He has completed several clinical trials as a Principal Investigator and developed strong relationships in the clinical research industry.
Gabriel Morris
Chief Financial Officer, Director
Gabriel Morris is the Chief Financial Officer of Immix Biopharma, Inc. Mr. Morris has been managing partner of Alwaysraise LLC, a life sciences advisory and investment firm based in San Francisco, since founding. Prior, Mr. Morris was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Zap Surgical Systems, a brain radiosurgery company, where he completed a $81 million growth equity financing round. Prior, Mr. Morris led cross-border mergers & acquisitions transactions at Goldman Sachs and other global investment banks for more than a decade, where he participated in greater than $50 billion in completed transactions. Mr. Morris received his B.A. from the Columbia University in the City of New York.