Former CSO, Moderna

Currently serving as a Board Director and Scientific Advisory Board member for multiple biotechnology companies, Dr. Moore previously held the role of Chief Scientific Officer, Platform Research, at Moderna, where she led the early-stage research teams developing the company’s platform technologies in mRNA design and delivery, including the COVID-19 vaccine. She co-founded the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she was a Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research, and a long-time Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Dr. Moore is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of the RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from MIT.