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BioAgent Judging Panel

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BioAgent Judges

MetaScience / FAIR Data Judges

Dr. Barend Mons

Description: Professor Emeritus at Leiden University, Founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES), Fellow of the International Science Council.

FAIR Data Metascience Open Science

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Timezone: Central European Time (CET)

Communication: Biweekly ecosystem calls, emails as async correspondence only when invited, must always cc erik@bio.xyz and sean@bio.xyz. Reach out to handsomebubblegumsheep and seanwbren on discord to be put in contact if needed.

Dr. Mario Malički

Description: Associate Director of Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility, Research Scholar at SPORR Stanford, Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review.

Meta-research Research Integrity Reproducibility

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Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)

Communication: Biweekly Office Hours Calls. Emails as async correspondence only when invited, must always cc erik@bio.xyz and sean@bio.xyz. Reach out to handsomebubblegumsheep and seanwbren on discord to be put in contact if needed.

Slava Tykhonov

Description: Senior R&D Engineer at DANS-KNAW, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Innovator in the IT field and mentor with 25 years of experience in software development, European research infrastructures, Data Science and R&D.

Research Infrastructure Data Science FAIR Implementation

Timezone: Central European Time (CET)

Communication: slavatykhonov_10053 on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.


AI Judges

Sean Brennan

Description: Head of AI at Bio Protocol. Founder of @chainagent - The onchain infrastructure of AI agents. Focused on agentic science, payments, authentication, and messaging.

Agentic Science AI Infrastructure Blockchain

Timezone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Communication: seanwbren on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.

Vincent Weisser

Description: Founder + CEO @ Prime Intellect. Building Prime Intellect: Commoditizing compute and intelligence. Aggregating all global compute, and enabling distributed training and an ecosystem of open source AI to advance scientific progress and human flourishing.

AI Infrastructure Distributed Computing Open Source AI

Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)

Communication: vincentweisser on Discord, prefers async communication. Bi-weekly office hours.

Douglas Fils

Description: Computational and Data Science Research Specialist, University of California San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer Center UCSD/SDSC Research Data Services/Data Initiatives Group

Semantics, knowledge Graphs, Computer Science, FAIR, AI

Timezone: Central US Time (CT)

Communication: Prefers async communication. Holds weekly office hours.


DeSci Judges

Jeffrey Koury

Description: President at ResearchHub Foundation. PhD in Biomedical Sciences from University of California, Riverside.

DeSci Research Coordination Open Science

Timezone: Pacific Standard Time (PST)

Communication: Jeffyfish9 on Discord, prefers async communication.

James Brodie

Description: Master of Research in Systems Biology with a regulatory genetic networks focus and a 10-year career in biotech. Director of Discovery Research at NASDAQ-listed GW Pharmaceuticals. Board member of Molecule AG and summoner of Spaceship DAO and Beaker DAO.

Systems Biology DeSci DAOs Biotech Research

Timezone: British Virgin Islands Time

Communication: JamesID on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.

Heslin Kim

Description: Chief Growth Officer & founding team @Gevulot_Network, Chief Business Officer @ ZkCloud | Mentor @ Harvard Blockchain Accelerator, Brinc, CV Labs, BFG, BFF, Cronos, Hansa, Graviton | Advisor | Angel Investor

AI Growth Strategy Blockchain Mentorship

Timezone: Singapore Time (SGT)

Communication: @cheslink on telegram, prefers async communications. Holds weekly office hours.


BioTech Judges

Vince Alessi

Description: Venture Builder | AI Bio | Researcher + GTM | Multi-exit Founder | Advisor | Board Director | Forbes 30u30

Venture Building AI Biology GTM Strategy

Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)

Communication: M0biusgene on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.

Shawn Dimantha

Description: Co-Founder @ Hydra Ventures. Building and investing in the future of health/biotech, AI/ML, crypto/Web3 + more.

Product Development Health Tech Biotech Investment

Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)

Communication: 1_shawn_1 on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.


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All interactions with judges must adhere to our Hackathon Code of Conduct. We strive to create an inclusive environment where all participants can learn and innovate.

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