Our Team

Founder-led.
Building the founding team.

Virtual Labs is founder-led today: one scientist-entrepreneur with a conviction that the way we test drugs must change — and open seats for the neuroscientists, computer vision engineers, and drug discovery veterans who will build it with him.

DR
David Roberson
Founder & CEO

Harvard-trained neuroscientist and serial entrepreneur — inventor, founder and CEO of Blackbox, and co-founder of multiple CNS companies with $70M+ raised across them. Driven by a vision to eliminate animal suffering from preclinical drug discovery through rigorous computational science.

Open role
Chief Science Officer
Neuroscience & Pharmacology

This position is open. We are seeking a neuroscientist with deep expertise in CNS behavioral pharmacology and a track record in preclinical drug development.

Open role
Head of Machine Vision
Computer Vision & ML

This position is open. We are seeking a computer vision engineer with experience in pose estimation, multi-camera systems, and real-time behavioral inference.

Open role
Head of Platform Engineering
Software & Infrastructure

This position is open. We are seeking an engineer to lead the development of our cloud analysis platform, API layer, and data pipeline architecture.

Scientific Advisory Board

Guided by the best
in the field.

Our scientific advisory board brings together leading researchers in behavioral neuroscience, CNS drug development, and computational biology. Advisory positions are currently being established.

Join the Team

We are building
something new.

Virtual Labs is an early-stage company with the opportunity to define an entirely new category in drug discovery tooling. We are looking for people who care deeply about both the science and the mission.

Science
Chief Science Officer
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Engineering
Head of Machine Vision
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Engineering
Head of Platform Engineering
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Business
Head of Partnerships
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