Dr. Zhu is the Founder and CEO of ATLATL Innovation Center. Prior to establishing ATLATL, Dr. Zhu launched innovation labs in Boston that incubated many leading biotech companies, including CRISPR, C4, Editas, Gritstone, and TCR2. With a strong track record of entrepreneurial achievements, Dr. Zhu founded NEO Scientific, a CRO company, and co-founded GENEE Scientific, a life science informatics company that was successfully listed on the NEEQ. Dr. Zhu holds a PhD from Fudan University and an MBA from Chicago Booth. His post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School was selected as one of fifteen Nature Milestones in Antisense RNA.