Peter Barrett

Biography

Peter Barrett is a Senior Partner in the life sciences sector, and joined Atlas Venture in 2002. Previously, he was a co-founder and Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Celera Genomics, positions he had held since 1998. Within two years of the founding of the company, Celera announced the first successful sequencing of the human genome. Peter currently sits on the Advisory Council of the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University and is a member of the Partners Healthcare Research Accelerator Program. Peter’s past board appointments include Chairman of the Board of the Analytical and Life Science System Association, HuBit Genomix, Genecore, Roche Strategic Alliance, and Sciex Joint Venture. He currently sits on the boards of Alnylam and Momenta Pharmaceuticals. Peter received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Lowell Technological Institute (now known as the University of Massachusetts, Lowell) and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Northeastern University.

Research Interest

 analytical chemistry