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
Timezone: Central European Time (CET)
Communication: Biweekly ecosystem calls, emails as async correspondence only when invited, must always cc [email protected] and [email protected]. 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
Connect: LinkedIn • Twitter/X • Profile
Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)
Communication: Biweekly Office Hours Calls. Emails as async correspondence only when invited, must always cc [email protected] and [email protected]. 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
Connect: LinkedIn • Twitter/X • Cofounder @bioprotocol
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
Connect: LinkedIn
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
Connect: Medium
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
Connect: LinkedIn
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
Connect: LinkedIn • Substack • Website
Timezone: Pacific Time (PT)
Communication: 1_shawn_1 on Discord, prefers async communication. Weekly office hours.
Code of Conduct
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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