Our Leadership

Meet the leadership behind ExstoBio

Juan Carlos Pacheco

Juan Carlos is a fourth-year JD/MBA candidate at UNC School of Law and Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he focuses on entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and business strategy.

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David Lee

David is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at UNC, where he studies pain and opioid receptor neuropharmacology. He is passionate about leading Exsto’s efforts to treat chronic pain and ending the opioid epidemic through the cannabinoid receptors and cannabis analgesic studies.

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Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Activation Differs Across Inbred Mouse Substrains

Microtubule polarity is instructive for many aspects of neuronal polarity

A modulator-bound GPCR structure enables allosteric non-opioid analgesia

The open field assay is influenced by room temperature and by drugs that affect core body temperatur

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Business Advisory Board

Jason Doherty

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Marne Coit, J.D.

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Ben Stokes

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Darryl K. Henderson, J.D.

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An active and rising award-winning start-up

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Rankin Innovator Acceleration Award

“The Rankin Innovator Acceleration Award exemplifies the first-in-class opportunities at UNC for student bioentrepreneurs. I look forward to building a strong business foundation to complement my scientific studies under this generous award.” - David Lee

Inicio Ventures Award

Inicio Ventures Pitch Awards is a startup competition manager focused on showcasing and supporting Latinx-led ventures and regional startup ecosystems across the US.

Venture Catalyst Program

The Venture Catalyst Program is led by KickStart Venture Services in collaboration with Innovate Carolina. The program allows founders of UNC-affiliated startups and innovations to converge, collaborate and grow young companies with the support of talented graduate students and postdocs.

Launch Chapel Hill 3.0 Startup Accelerator

Launch Chapel Hill is a startup accelerator, co-working space and community of innovators that values and supports all people to encourage innovative thinking, individual empowerment, community outreach, economic development, and impactful change that lifts us all.