Hongbo Lu Biography and Net Worth

Hongbo Lu, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2022. Dr. Lu is the Managing Member of NEXTBio Capital, a newly launched biotech investment firm. Previously, Dr. Lu. served as a Senior Advisor of Vivo Capital LLC (“Vivo Capital”), a Palo Alto-based investment firm, from February 2024 until January 2025 and a Managing Partner from December 2020 until January 2024. Prior to joining Vivo Capital, Dr. Lu served as a Managing Partner at Lilly Asia Ventures from January 2017 until December 2020 (“LAV”). Prior to her role at LAV, she was affiliated with OrbiMed Advisors from June 2011 until October 2016, lastly as its Managing Director. Dr. Lu previously served on the boards of directors of public companies including Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (TPTX, acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb), Crown Bioscience Inc. (6554.TT, acquired by JSR), Avedro Inc. (AVDR, acquired by Glaukos). She currently serves on the boards of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ARWR, since March 2024) and Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: TERN, since April 2020). Dr. Lu started her Wall Street career as a biotech analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. and was involved in biotech start-up Zyomyx in the San Francisco Bay Area previously. Dr. Lu earned a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington, an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with honors from Tsinghua University.