EF Alumni

Peter Clarke

CEO, Resurgo Genetics

Founded:

Resurgo Genetics

Interests / background:

Biotechnology

Location:

London

Cohort:

Peter Clarke has been refining his ideas on the underlying processes of life as a computational biologist at CalTech and Cambridge University. He has been waiting for the time when all the pieces were in place for technology to bring about a revolution in biology.

Company:

Resurgo Genetics

Building a universal tool to precisely change any living system

Dr Jordy Tasserie

Neuroscientist, PhD in Brain Stimulation & Medical Imaging (Paris), researcher Toronto & Harvard.

Jeffrey Schuster

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Physics PhD with 30 years of industry experience developing advanced inhaled drug delivery systems.

Lucie Kriegshauser

Postdoctoral researcher in Plant Biotechnology. Focus on secondary metabolism & genetic engineering.

Brett Cotten

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Alternative protein domain expert. Food and materials book author. Cambridge MBA for biotech (MBE).

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

PhD Bioengineering at Oxford. Microfluidics & 3D print specialist. Work used in academia & industry.

Lazar Jovanovic

CTO, Summations

PhD graduate with 9 academic publications and multiple presentation awards in the last 4 years

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

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

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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

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

Jack Reid

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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

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

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

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Cambridge PhD specialised in organic and protein chemistry

Ling Ka Yi

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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

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Commercial experience in Marketing, Sales and Consulting

Carlos Chacón-Martínez

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

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

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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

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

Trisha Chatterjee

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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

Andrea Mambrini

Award winning data scientist, developed bio-inspired algorithms for European Space Agency

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

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

Ying Shao

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

Grant Aarons

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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

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PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

John Moura

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Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

David Gorgan

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Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

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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

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

Chouaib Meziadi

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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