Jate Samathivathanachai ’01 joined Mammoth Biosciences as Senior Vice President of Finance in February 2025. Mammoth is a Berkeley-affiliated biotechnology company focused on leveraging its proprietary ultracompact CRISPR systems to develop potential long-term curative therapies for patients with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
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