# Roger Kornberg > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:person:roger-kornberg | | Entity type | Person | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/people/roger-kornberg | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | corroborated | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 16 | | Claims under review | 0 | | Evidence records | 7 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 1 | | Observed | 2026-10-19T20:32:35.693628+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-05-16T03:27:57.184+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Roger Kornberg - Display name: Roger Kornberg ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-19T20:32:35.947439+00:00 | | Completeness | 1 | | Record Quality | 0.938 | | Directors | 0 | | Committees | 0 | | Governance events | 2 | | Entity class | person | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | board | NOT_APPLICABLE | | committees | NOT_APPLICABLE | | leadership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | capital_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | compensation | NOT_APPLICABLE | | governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | shareholder_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | audit | NOT_APPLICABLE | | legal | NOT_APPLICABLE | | risk | NOT_APPLICABLE | | cyber | PUBLISHED | | ai_governance | PUBLISHED | | agent_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | markets_external | NOT_APPLICABLE | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Governance events - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Roger Kornberg seat on Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., effective 2020-01-01. Effective: 2020-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-16T03:27:57.184+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:zakk1v10aimb7 - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Roger Kornberg seat on Xenetic Biosciences, Inc., effective 2016-01-01. Effective: 2016-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-16T03:27:57.184+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1utfjq2g326xs ## Scoped resources - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://person/roger-kornberg/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - Director ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Leadership - PUBLISHED ## Roles - Director at Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:role:1. Valid from: 2020-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:c6a2c6e52093d2a8b3bb789be5f0557b43690e1da7ed1d4f13bd842f18b0ace3. - Director at Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:role:2. Valid from: 2016-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:70440b850d0b92f0f8f50dda44c0f521ea95d2a4de02be151aeec5e1be80fc14. ## Governance - PUBLISHED ## Board committees - PUBLISHED ## AI and ML experience - AI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:ai_ml_experience:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61, alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. ## Board membership - Serves on the board of Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:board_membership:2. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:8e3213542a8bb5f8bd5f8e9287fe86f795a794765816c227c76d1c063a997aaf. - Serves on the board of Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:board_membership:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:024be6deacba0d0f761c46ee3166d64d2f263cc0c762ba818a1c3d756fc35e58. ## Board role - Board role: Chair. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:board_role:4. Valid from: 2025-05-05. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:f2c5eff12cf5252eba53011b52feca0104f0206e1ee60b616a570356b7959f33. - Board role: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:board_role:5. Valid from: 2025-10-31. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61. ## Committee assignments - No committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:committee_assignments:6. Valid from: 2025-05-05. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:f2c5eff12cf5252eba53011b52feca0104f0206e1ee60b616a570356b7959f33. - Committee assignments: Nominating/Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:committee_assignments:7. Valid from: 2025-10-31. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61. ## Cybersecurity experience - Cybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:cybersecurity_experience:8. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61, alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. ## Executive company - Executive at Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:executive_company:9. Valid from: 2026-03-31. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. - Executive at Stanford University. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:executive_company:10. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61. ## Executive title - Executive title: Chairman and Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:executive_title:11. Valid from: 2026-03-31. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. ## Other Company Role - Roger Kornberg is also linked to Stanford Medical School as Professor of Structural Biology.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:other_company_role:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. ## Technology background - Technology background: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:technology_background:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Review: internal_review. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61. - Technology background reported in filings. Claim: alpha:claim:person:roger-kornberg:technology_background:14. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Review: internal_review. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | PUBLISHED | | Financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Workforce | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | NOT_APPLICABLE | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:document:8f84da0d916bccf15078c3514409f40c5823b0e22ab7b75f14d0c13784d6d911: [COCP 10-K executive officers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412486/000149315226013838/form10-k.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:82add82bb4187f1935666c450793ad605faa736e3faa802746f7c0a09556bc61: [XBIO DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534525/000168316825007872/xenetic_idef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:70440b850d0b92f0f8f50dda44c0f521ea95d2a4de02be151aeec5e1be80fc14: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534525/000168316825007872/xenetic_idef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:f2c5eff12cf5252eba53011b52feca0104f0206e1ee60b616a570356b7959f33: [COCP DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412486/000164117225008692/formdef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:c6a2c6e52093d2a8b3bb789be5f0557b43690e1da7ed1d4f13bd842f18b0ace3: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412486/000164117225008692/formdef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:8e3213542a8bb5f8bd5f8e9287fe86f795a794765816c227c76d1c063a997aaf: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412486/000164117225008692/formdef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:024be6deacba0d0f761c46ee3166d64d2f263cc0c762ba818a1c3d756fc35e58: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534525/000168316825007872/xenetic_idef14a.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included. - Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false. - Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights. - Private relationships and Council activity are excluded. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/roger-kornberg) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/roger-kornberg.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/roger-kornberg?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://people/roger-kornberg` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage.