Dr. Ewa Lis is the Founder and CEO of Koliber Biosciences, a computational biology company that leverages an advanced AI platform for the discovery and optimization of peptides and proteins. With a rich background in both computer science and biological sciences, Dr. Lis's expertise encompasses large language models, deep learning, data augmentation, graph networks, and various domains of biology and chemistry. Before establishing Koliber Biosciences in 2014, she held key positions at Reveal Biosciences , Life Technologies and Genomatica, where she contributed to the development of diverse technologies ranging from algorithms for pathology tissue classification to tools for genome engineering research and microbial strains for chemical production. Dr. Lis earned her BA in Chemistry from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from The Scripps Research Institute.