Robert is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital, focusing on ventures in life sciences.

Robert graduated from the University of Virginia and is a member of the Regional Selection Committee for UVA’s Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Robert is also a member of Motorola's Research Visionary Board and an invited lecturer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, Yale University, Georgetown, and the University of Virginia. He has been published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (Applied Biomaterials) and Nature Biotechnology.

Robert manages Lux Capital’s investments in Cerulean Pharmaceuticals (pharmaceutical nanoencapsulation), Magen Biosciences (dermatology) [Acquired by PPD], Molecular Imprints (semiconductor imprint lithography), Kereos (targeted nanoparticle diagnostics), and Visterra, Inc. (infectious diseases). Robert was founding CEO and is currently on the board of directors at Harvard Medical School spinout Genocea Biosciences (vaccine discovery). In 2009, Robert was nominated as Biotech CEO of the Year at the World Vaccine Congress. Robert is Co-Founder of Lux Research (emerging technology research), Founding CEO of Kala Pharmaceuticals (mucosal drug delivery), and has served as an advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.