We are a team on a mission to revolutionize diagnostics
Meet our Team
Tom Prescott is a seasoned medical device executive with demonstrated experience scaling high-growth companies and navigating complex acquisitions. He currently serves as Director and Chairman at Procept BioRobotics. Tom spent the cornerstone of his executive career as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Align Technology, maker of Invisalign, before retiring and continuing to serve on its board for an additional five years. Prior to Align, he held the same roles at Cardiac Pathways, which was subsequently acquired by Boston Scientific. Earlier in his career, Tom held general management and executive roles at Nellcor and Nellcor Puritan Bennett, a $1B revenue pioneer in pulse oximetry and respiratory products, as well as management positions at GE Healthcare and Siemens.
Peter is a chemical engineer and serial entrepreneur. The CEO & Co-Founder of Nutromics, he is passionate about creating a better healthcare system to save lives.
Hitesh is a corporate consultant turned entrepreneur. The COO and Co-Founder of Nutromics , he has over a decade of experience in healthcare consulting. His vision is to make healthcare more accessible and inclusive globally.
Rowan is a globally experienced CFO with digital health, private equity, public markets, and operational experience. He is passionate about the convergence of innovative technology's human, clinical and financial benefits.
Garry is a biosensor industry veteran. He is the co-founder of Universal Biosensors and has developed manufacturing systems for global healthcare companies. He is passionate about creating ingenious solutions that will modernize healthcare.
Daphne is a globally experienced business partner with 14+ years of experience across employee lifecycle, leadership support, and change management. She is passionate about creating a workplace that allows people to be their best.
Meet our Biosensor Advisory Board
Kevin Plaxco is a Professor at UC Santa Barbara and the inventor of Nutromics’ DNA-based sensor technology. He has co-authored more than 230 papers and a dozen patents on protein folding, protein dynamics, and folding-based sensors and is recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the most highly cited chemists of the prior decade.
Milan Stojanovic is a Professor at Columbia University with positions in the Departments of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Systems Biology. He is an organic chemist who made important contributions to optimizing new functions in oligonucleotides.
Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, also known as Netz, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Netz Lab develops biology-inspired electrochemical sensors that enable real-time, continuous measurement of a wide range of physiologically important molecules in vivo
Yi Xiao is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina University. Her research is focused on the development of new methods to accelerate the isolation and characterization of high-quality aptamers. Dr Xiao has published 90 peer-reviewed papers and received 12 issued patents with more than 13,000 citations.
Justin Gooding is a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales and the Chief Scientific Officer at Nutromics. He has published over 460 research papers and authored 14 patents. Gooding is known internationally for his work on surface modification, biosensors, developing functional nanomaterials, cell-based diagnostic devices and electroanalysis.
North Carolina State University
Yi Xiao is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina University. Her research is focused on the development of new methods to accelerate the isolation and characterization of high-quality aptamers. Dr Xiao has published 90 peer-reviewed papers and received 12 issued patents with more than 13,000 citations.
University of New South Wales
Justin Gooding is a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales and the Chief Scientific Officer at Nutromics. Dr Gooding received his PhD from the University of Oxford. He has published over 460 research papers and authored 14 patents. Gooding is known internationally for his work on surface modification, biosensors, developing functional nanomaterials, cell-based diagnostic devices and electroanalysis
Co-Founder & CEO
Chemical engineer and serial entrepreneur, Peter Vranes is the co-founder and CEO of Nutromics. He is passionate about creating a better healthcare system to save lives.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Kevin Plaxco is a Professor at UC Santa Barbara and the inventor of Nutromics’ DNA-based sensor technology. Dr Plaxco received his PhD from Caltech and performed postdoctoral studies at Oxford and the University of Washington. He has co-authored more than 230 papers and a dozen patents on protein folding, protein dynamics, and folding-based sensors and is recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the most highly cited chemists of the prior decade.
Columbia University
Milan Stojanovic is a Professor at Columbia University with positions in the Departments of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Systems Biology. Dr Stojanovic received his PhD in organic chemistry from Harvard University. He is an organic chemist who made important contributions to optimizing new functions in oligonucleotides.
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