The Trailblazer

Manu Pillai

Co-founder, CEO

"What's the point in just talking about the world's problems? Roll up your sleeves and start building a solution."

The Confident Leader

Sophia Xu

Co-founder, CSO

"As a prolific scientific reader,

I identify the shortcomings in published research and find gaps where we could innovate. "

The Troubleshooter

Bill Koutny

Co-founder, Member of Technical Staff

"I sanity check Manu's ideas."

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The DIY-er

Ellen Jorgensen, PhD

VP of Biotechnology

"I'm a scientific generalist. I love facilitating projects, connecting people, and working with limited resources."

The Hustler

Rishabh Bavithran

Mechatronics Engineer

"I'm the onsite engineer. I keep things running and I'm on call. We are always learning and figuring things out."

The Rock

Ram Kousik, MS

Research Assistant

"I'm always in the lab. Sometimes I run 3 - 4 experiments a day to get the data we need."