EF Alumni

Andrea Mambrini

CTO, Exogene

Founded:

Cofounder:

Federico Paoletti

Interests / background:

Biotechnology, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

Location:

London

Cohort:

Andrea Mambrini is an award-winning Computer Science PhD. As a data scientist, he developed bio-inspired algorithms for the European Space Agency to send space probes to Jupiter, scaled the machine learning team of Portent.io to acquisition, and revolutionised the marketing strategy of Vodafone using deep learning

Exogene pitch at our Europe 13 Demo Day.

Company:

Exogene

Fast discovery of safer immunotherapies.

Andrew Jajack

2x YC founder in diagnostics space with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Mark Caffrey

Applied Physicist, Biomedical & Electrical Engineer, PhD (c) Medical Tech NUI Galway, 2x CTO

Sujaan Das

CTO, Crane Biosciences

Biochem PhD at the Crick Institute, Curie Fellow. Experience in biochemical processing of cells.

Luca Bolondi

CEO, Crane Biosciences

Engineer experienced in growing deeptech startups, raised >$1M. Spent >1000hrs learning biotech.

Phil Haynes

PhD Molecular Biophysics at UCL and Imperial College London. Specialist in AI and microscopy R&D.

Rory Ryan

3x founder, exited 1x biotech company, experienced in engineering, 3 years working in Shenzhen China

Dr. Emilia McLaughlin

PhD in cell and molecular biology, 6+ years experience studying evolutionarily diverse life forms

Vaibhav Longani

3rd time founder. Ex-healthcare go to market strategy consultant. Board member with a cancer startup

Madeleine Moscatelli

CTO, EndoGene.Bio

PhD & Post-Doc in Genetics & Epigenetics with extensive stem cell experience ex-Université de Paris

Maria Teresa Perez Zaballos

CEO, EndoGene.Bio

Ex-Merck Fertility Portfolio Expansion Manager. PhD in Medical Devices, & MSc in Biotech Management

Sujoy Deb

Expert in Advanced molecular biology and genomics

Divya Sriram

PhD in cancer biology, expert in innovating the infectious diseases diagnosis with molecular biology

Cuong To

CTO, Cinference

Expert in machine learning, previously lead data scientist at AI startup

Christian Wirsching

CEO, Cinference

Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Dali Rashid

Post Doc in Plant Biotechnology with extensive experience in plant metal hyperaccumulation

Fabien Koutchekian

Former Strategy Consultant and Mining Engineer, 2nd time deep-tech startup founder

Alexandros Pantalis

Tech entrepreneur, built & managed successful startups in e-commerce, software development & fintech

Adèle James

PhD in molecular microbiology, one of 20 world experts in phage therapy applied to aquatic organisms

Gabriel Dumy

PhD in acoustophoresis with experience in developing cell growing acoustic devices

Amélie Quilichini

Engineer with experience in managing tech & hardware projects as a strategy consultant

Adam Glen

CTO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

PhD in cell biology, experience at the intersection of biology and engineering

Jack Reid

CEO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

Trained chemist and philosopher, experience developing and commercializing new technologies

Cristiana Banila

PhD in Molecular Epidemiology, developed cancer screening tool for NHS, Oxford and Princeton grad

Shakiba Kaveh

Developed and sold technologies to the skincare industry, PhD Materials Science from Cambridge

Giovanni Rovere

Developed biomedical wearables, ETH Zurich PhD graduate. Expert in acquiring data from the body

Ludovico Mitchener

CTO, PhycoWorks

AI engineer & interdisciplinary scientist

Stefan Grossfurthner

CEO, PhycoWorks

Prize-winning synthetic biologist with a PhD in algal biotechnology from Cambridge

Ayesha Anees

Researcher in AI for Healthcare, worked with leading clinicians to increase healthcare access

Dr. Antareep Sharma

Expertise from across the healthcare sector, PhD in Bionsensors

Dr Dinaz Zenobia Stutterheim

Expert in advanced mechanics of materials, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Prakruti Kodali

Degree in Civil Engineering, experience driving growth strategy and innovation as a consultant

Yudi Ding

CEO, Hide Biotech

Cambridge PhD specialised in organic and protein chemistry

Ling Ka Yi

CTO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive physiology, specialist in stem cells

Sandhya Sriram

CEO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Biological Science, specialist in stem cells, a serial entrepreneur, and a thought leader

Rishita Changede

CEO, TeOra.Life

Award-winning scientist, experience in genetic engineering, biosensors and biophysics

Kishan Kishan

Co-founder, Neurobit

Expert in bioelectronic design and soft condensed matter physics

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Ed Cartwright

Paediatric doctor with a PhD in Microbiology & Epidemiology

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Kai Lammel

CEO, Cogniscent

Commercial experience in Marketing, Sales and Consulting

Carlos Chacón-Martínez

CEO, ManeBiotech

PhD in Cell Biology, experience in skin/hair stem cells & regenerative medicine

Jurek Kozyra

PhD in DNA Nanotechnology, background in complex AI

Syed Shakeel Ahmed

PhD in Cancer Biology, experience leading collaborative projects with cancer clinics

Harold Mollison

Head of Sales and Marketing, Spidfier

Background in marketing and management

Stylianos Makrogkikas

Founder, FALCONBIO

PhD in Genome Engineering, experience in genetic manipulation

Nina Patrick

PhD in Drug Discovery and Development, previously senior scientist for biotech startups

Steven R Tsitas

PhD in Planetary Science, produced innovative work on 6U CubeSat

Sheetal Sinha

PhD in Biophysics, expert in microbial interactions & detection

Amit Kumar

PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dan Greenfield

Degrees in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Engineering

Dimitris Athanasiou

CTO, Neurofenix

Master’s in Biomechanics, experience in medical device development and clinical trials

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Peter Clarke

CEO, Resurgo Genetics

Computational biologist

Will Moss

Data scientist and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology graduate

Lionel Mora

Background in business and product, ex-Google

Patrick Torbey

PhD in Genome Editing with 3 published papers

Ewan Munro

CTO, Entropica Labs

Specialist in modelling physical platforms for quantum computing and information processing

Tommaso Federico Demarie

CEO, Entropica Labs

Physicist with experience in the field of quantum computing

Ernestas Sirka

Leading researcher in proteomics and clinical test development

Michael Dove

Worked in consulting and business development at top pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations

Quin Wills

Medical doctor with PhD in system genomics, founded Cellular and Systems Genomics department

Jack O’Meara

Biomedical engineer with experience bringing new technologies to market

Cesar Valencia-Gallardo

Former academic, deep expertise across biophysics and biotechnology

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

Impact-driven Bioengineer, specialised in Medical Device regulatory navigation and commercialisation

Trisha Chatterjee

CTO, immunitoAI

Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Aridni Shah

CEO, immunitoAI

Experience in immunoassays, molecular techniques & molecular data analytics

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Hubert Tse

Experience in capital markets, launched successful energy trading ventures

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Dr Abhijit Salvekar

Co-founder, Polymerize

Polymer scientist with expertise in Process-Structure-Property Relationships and DoE.

Mona Kab Omir

Specialist in nanomedicine with multidisciplinary research experience in industry and academia

Alex Sheppard

Experience in the diagnostics industry space and successfully scaling medtech startups

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Federico Paoletti

Award-winning computational oncology PhD, previously WHO

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Dr Akbar Vahidi

Co-founder, Allozymes

PhD in enzyme technology, delivered industrial projects to big pharma, food and biofuel companies

Dr Peyman Salehian

Co-founder, Allozymes

Entrepreneur-scientist, managed international team as Head of Business Development

Ian Hu

CTO, Phycobloom

PhD in Evolutionary Biology, experience studying algae, synthetic biologists and leading teams

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Christian Mellor

Expertise in Biomedical Engineering and medical devises

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Aditya Nayak

CTO, Plantik Biosciences

Structural and molecular biologist, leader in field of Ambient Temperature Sensing in plants

Ying Shao

CEO, Plantik Biosciences

Experience in company building, leading business development, strategy and marketing

Ferdinando Randisi

CTO, FabricNano

Phd in Computational Biophysics, co-authored oxDNA

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Moses Kakanga

PhD in biochemistry, experienced running clinical trials

Emiliano Lepore

PhD in biomaterials with experience in product innovation and business development

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Andre Lorenceau

Experienced in scaling and raising from VCs

Karol Rogowski

CTO, ElementZero Biolabs

PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

John Moura

CEO, ElementZero Biolabs

Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

Shubhita Tripathi

Pathogen expert with PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, designed pathogen identification assays

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

CTO, Nostos Genomics

Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Joanne Kanaan

PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, research at the frontier of biochemistry and biophysics

Anna Shirinskaya

PhD in bioelectronics from Ecole Polytechnique, expert in bio-sensing devices

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Alexandre Reeber

CEO, Core Biogenesis

Master's degree in Neuroscience, former project manager in Neurotechnology

Chouaib Meziadi

CTO, Core Biogenesis

PhD in Plant Genetics, postdoc in Epigenetics

Alexandra Boussommier

Biomedical engineer, using AI to tackle infertility

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Christopher Reynolds

CTO, Better Dairy

Synthetic biologists, led projects to optimise protein expression in cells

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO, Better Dairy

Experienced across banking and technology

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Praapti Jayaswal

Molecular and microbiologist combatting anti-microbial resistance

Marie-Christine Imbert

Molecular biologist

Timothy Bouley

Medical doctor and environmental scientist

Alexandre Bonnet

MSc in Theoretical Physics, built data platforms behind largest FinTech & InsurTech startups in UK

Raghav Toshniwal

Extensive experience in data science and e-commerce analytics

Sivam Pillai

PhD from NUS, previously founded factory analytics startup and worked as data scientist at Siemens

Christoph Sträter

PhD in Theoretical Physics with expertise in deep learning and software development

Ceyhun Derinbogaz

CTO, Text Cortex AI

Led a data engineering team at trivago, patents in energy industry and publications in deep learning

Wilmer Daza

Full-stack software & machine learning engineer with experience in the software development industry

Hector de Wazières

Former data scientist and strategy consultant with multiple entrepreneurial experiences

Pulkit Agarwal

Math nerd, Stanford GSB Alum and Ex-Palantir, Top of class at Georgia Tech at the age of 20

Lorenzo Ampil

CTO, Hawksight.co

Data scientist, built financial AI software for global enterprises and asset management firms

Amir Nejadmalayeri

PhD in Electrical Engineering, specialising in optics and photonics

Majdi Rabia

CTO, Fairphonic

Two Master's in Applied Probability and Statistics

Abhinav Yadav

Co-founder, Wavel.AI

PhD in computational neuroscience, st experience in dealing with big-data

Narasimha Suda

Co-founder, Wavel.AI

Master's in Physics and Mathematics, experience with data ranging from voice, images, and text

Mikhail Dubov

CEO, Chattermill

Full-stack developer with background in data analytics

Aashish Mehta

CEO, TransferFi

Serial innovator, IoT and big analogue data expert

Leo Anthias

Former founder solving issues he encountered as a CTO

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Gabriel Lau

PhD in molecular physics, experience in numerical methods and local optimization techniques

Nikos Kazazakis

Researched Deterministic Global Optimization at Imperial College London

Raphael Scheps

Trained theoretical physicist, with experience in large-scale data analytics

Richard Vibert

Data scientist, sits on the committee of the Data Protection Forum

Nirmal AK

CTO, Merkle Science

Fraud data scientist

Boris Ploix

Degree in Applied Mathematics, experience in the transport industry

Shubhankar Srivastava

Specialist in AI and machine learning

Herve Roussel

Experience building software in the US, mentor for IBM AI XPRIZE

Lingxiao Xia

Expert in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Will Moss

Data scientist and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology graduate

Ashish Kumar

Co-founder, Konigle

PhD in Machine Learning, developed framework for pattern detection from unstructured data

Jatin Khosla

Experience architecting, building and scaling adoption of data driven digital products

Ravinder Bhadhal

Expertise in delivering world-class data infrastructure and commercial experience

Sam Shannon

Ex-quantitative trader, graduate in Particle Physics

Long Hoang

Computer scientist, built machine learning models that analyse millions of transactions

Chris Choy

CTO, Carnot Innovations

Data scientist and full stack developer, PhD in Statistics

Himanshu Upreti

CTO, AI Palette

Extensive experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Nisarg Shah

Spearheaded software automation and big data projects, launched a social learning platform

David Wood

Data scientist, PhD in Computational Neuroscience

Alec Mocatta

Founder, Hadean

Rethinking and simplifying big data complexity, previously built indoor positioning platform

Matt Schofield

CTO, Credit Kudos

Computer scientist, former CTO and data science team lead

Freddy Kelly

CEO, Credit Kudos

Computer scientist and engineer, was responsible for deployment of Bitnami's cloud launchpad

Jordan Noble

Statistical machine learning expert focused on implementing real-time solutions at scale

Jack Hogan

Privacy enthusiast and data scientist, specialised in multi-source data fusion

Wladimir Nikoluk

CEO, Atlas Metrics

Entrepreneur at the intersection of impact and data

Alex Tupper

Experienced full-stack engineer, data engineer and product specialist

Tanrajbir Singh Takher

Former Data Scientist with a Master's in machine learning from UCL

Atual Yadav

FCull-stack engineer with experience in building and scaling world-class SaaS products

Abhimanyu Godara

Experience across consulting, VC and startups, built multiple products

Jose Sampedro Mazon

Ex-corporate lawyer, experience in strategy & ops transformations and business development

Dr Vishvak Kannan

CTO, Surge Analytics

PhD in Chemical Engineering with a focus on energy systems

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Ricardo Sancho

Computer and data engineer, built and scaled complex systems

Shivani Shah

PhD from French Nuclear Research Institute CEA, applied Machine Learning to large datasets

Prateek Gaur

Extensive background in computer science and machine learning, ex-Head of Data

Nyasha Japondo

Electronic and hardware engineer, expert in designing electronic sensor devices

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Favour Nyikosa

Specialist in datamining and interpretable models

Jon Forester

Built data and analytics products in startups and finance sector

Tom Walker

Worked at the cutting-edge of mathematical optimisation and on production machine learning

Tom Barber

Experience at the intersection of fashion and technology

Jose Martin Quesada

Experience in digital, consumer growth and data, CrossFit competitor

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Dr. Ben Fielding

Computer scientist with publications in Evolutionary Optimisation for Neural Architecture Search

William Nash

Strong knowledge of IG problems and solutions, experience of working with healthcare systems on data

Hugo Pascail

CTO, Invest Insight

PhD in Quantitative Finance, experience building AI models and econometric algorithms

Jean-Régis de Vauplane

CEO, Invest Insight

Worked on AI and web projects as an Agile Coach and Product Manager

Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

David Meyer

Former LEK consultant, experience in fast-growing mobility startups

Juan Barragan

Experienced in software development with work on pattern recognition in finance and advertising

Valerio Volpati

PhD in Statistical Physics and experience in applied interdisciplinary research

Shubhadeep Roychowdhury

Software developer and machine learning engineer, published author on data science

Renan Pereira

Data scientist, experience developing and managing scalable machine learning models

Barnaby Hussey-Yeo

Data scientist with interests in finance and machine learning

Tarik Dadi

Led data science projects around the world, Master's Degree in Machine Learning

Dennis Xenos

Expert in optimisation and data analytics for industrial applications.

Abhishek Anand

Co-Founder, Marlin AI

Award-winning data science with experience in product development and cybersecurity

Satyakama Paul

CTO, BrainEnTech Neuroscience

Data scientist with PhD and postdoc in AI and experience in Machine Learning

Hardik Thakkar

Built complex systems as a software engineer, experienced in Data Science and managing large teams

Shubham Kaushal

Seasoned software engineer, first engineer at Chaldal

Saptarshi Nath

Led quant studies for Fortune 100 companies

Rubal Chib

Electronics engineer, previously Havells and IOTA

Shrishti Batra

PhD in Computational Biology & Chemical Ecology, previously NCBS, Max Planck Institute

Georgina Kirby

CTO, VineHealth

Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

Nitin Shukla

CTO, real analytics

Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Carl Robinson

CEO, Rumble Studio

Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Guillaume Rivals

Computer science and AI engineer, passionate about using data to fight climate change.

Vatsal Aggarwal

Built Alexa’s first human-like voice, have 8 patents + publications in speech ML; Maths @ Cambridge

Reza Zolfaghari

Deep Learning/Computer Vision PhD, expert scientist in video creation

Sivam Pillai

PhD from NUS, previously founded factory analytics startup and worked as data scientist at Siemens

Siddharth Bhardwaj

CTO, Beatoven.ai

Solved problems in audio signal processing, machine learning, deep learning & generative music

Christoph Sträter

PhD in Theoretical Physics with expertise in deep learning and software development

Prashant Maurice Dhara

Built multiple deep learning solutions, experience building tech in startups

Magzhan Ikram

Co-founder, Microsec

Mathematician with experience in computational topology and deep learning

Phong Vo

PhD in Signal and Images, expertise ranging from machine learning to computer vision

Wilder Lopes

PhD in Machine Learning, experience building deep learning systems

Gary Roth

Experience advising C-level boards and leading strategy and transformation

Roeland Nusselder

Master’s in Mathematics, researched Efficient Deep Learning algorithms

Pieter Fabry

Experience implementing reinforcement learning models on videos, ex-nano satellite researcher

Jack Weston

PhD researching sequential pattern recognition problems in particle physics using deep learning

Alan Mosca

Researched deep learning theory and optimisation methods, previously worked in quantitative finance

Mark Stokes

Mechanical and machine learning engineer, experience in startups and the aerospace industry

Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

Jean-Baptiste Morlot

PhD in machine learning applied to genetics, pioneer in deep learning to decode sequencing data

Alex Dalyac

Ex-Imperial College London, LSE and Rocket Internet, co-founded EF's first Unicorn, Tractable

Razvan Ranca

Computer scientist, previously Cambridge, worked with leading academic in Machine Learning

Henri Mirande

Deep learning expert, graduated from CentraleSupélec aged 20

Tobias Rijken

Machine learning scientist with a focus on deep learning