Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.

Dr. He has served as chairman to the board of directors and CEO of CASI since April 2, 2019. Dr. He served as executive chairman of CASI from February 23, 2018 to April 2, 2019, as chairman to the board of directors of CASI from May 2013 to February 23, 2018, and as executive chairman from February 2012 to May 2013. Dr. He has been serving as executive chairman of Human Longevity Inc. (a privately-held biotechnology firm specializing in combining DNA sequencing with machine learning) since July 2019. He also is the founder and general partner of Emerging Technology Partners, LLC, a life sciences focused venture fund established in 2000. Dr. He has been involved in founding or funding over 20 biotech companies throughout his career, some of which went on to be acquired by significantly larger firms. In the earlier part of his career, Dr. He was one of the first few scientists at Human Genome Sciences, and prior to that, was a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic. Dr. He is an author to more than 25 research publications and inventor of over 30 issued patents. Dr. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and MBA from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.