Our Team

Michabo was founded by co-Directors Prof Mark Viant and Prof John Colbourne in 2018 to translate innovative basic science from academia into applied regulatory science — that broadens the types of molecular evidence deemed to be useful for chemical safety assessment and regulation.

Mark Viant, CEO

John Colbourne, Director

Simon Freeman, Legal Advisor

Sue Wilde-Greer, Commercial Advisor

Dr Rosemary Barnett, Senior Scientist — Systems Toxicology

Dr Elena Sostare, Senior Scientist — Computational Toxicology

Dr Thomas Lawson, Senior Scientist — Bioinformatics

Dr Ralf Weber, Senior Consultant — Data Science

Dr Jiarui (Albert) Zhou, Senior Consultant — Machine Learning/AI

Dr Gavin Lloyd, Consultant — Biostatistics

Dr Xiaojing Li, Consultant — Computational Toxicology

Jenny Brown, Administrator

Prof Bob Lee, Senior Consultant — Environmental Law

Prof James Kevin Chipman, Senior Consultant — Regulatory Science