Ayşe Muñiz joined Flagship Pioneering in 2020 after completing the Flagship Pioneering Fellowship. She initially focused on helping Pioneering Medicines establish its exploration team to seed ideas for its pipeline. She is now a Principal originating companies and leading a startup that applies AI to provide insights into mental wellbeing. She is also integrating AI into Pioneering Medicines and uniting teams to enhance therapeutic innovation.
Ayşe’s passion for science was influenced by experiencing the personal impact of societal problems, including physical and mental health struggles in her family. In college, she was fortunate to receive scholarships and fellowships that allowed her to work in research settings. One of her first research experiences was at the University of New Mexico, where she worked on nanotechnology for nucleic acid delivery — a project that resulted in her first patent and cemented her career path in science and innovation.