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- Is founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering
- Holds more than 100 patents
- Has co-founded and helped build more than 60 life science and technology startups during his 33-year career
- Is co-founder and chairman of the board of Moderna
- Has been a Lecturer at Harvard Business School and Senior Lecturer at MIT where he taught technology-entrepreneurship and innovation for more than two decades
- Received a Technology Pioneer 2012 award from the World Economic Forum (WEF)
- Was awarded the National Order of Merit from his native Lebanon in 2021
- Received a Great Immigrant honor from the Carnegie Corporation in 2016
- Received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2008
- Is a member of the Corporation of MIT (the Institute’s governing body)
- Is a member of the board of trustees for the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Has launched and supported philanthropic projects including the IDeA Foundation, UWC Dilijan School, FAST, and the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity
- Was a co-founder and board member of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia
- Received the Appeal of Conscience Award in 2020
- Received the Golden Door Award in 2017 from the International Institute of New England
About Alltrna
Alltrna is the world's first tRNA platform company, pioneering tRNA therapeutics to potentially treat thousands of diseases by targeting premature stop codons.