With this team
everything makes sense
The team
Aria Samimi
Co-founder & CEO
Experienced entrepreneur and innovator
20+ years leadership in B2B and international sales
Margriet Roelse
Chief Scientific Officer & Partner
Receptor biology expert
PhD on microfluidic receptor screening technology (Receptomics)
+15 years research experience at WUR
Edwin Heijne
Chief Financial Officer
Ex-CFO of ING and ABN AMRO
Head of Finance Oncode Institute and Accelerator
Steven Alexander
Chief Business Officer & Partner
Experienced B2B leader in global food & beverage industry
€150M annual sales
Özlem Bulut
Business Developer
Molecular biologist, PhD in medical sciences
5+ years experience in science communication
Iman Kavianpour
Hardware & embedded software engineer
+10 years experience in medical and non-medical devices
Nathan Boogerd
Software Engineer
+10 years of UX/UI experience
MSc in nanobiology
Angel Marquez Aguilar
Integrated Systems Design & Develop Engineer
MSc in Biosystems Engineering
Fatemeh Pashaie
Laboratory Researcher
Microbiologist, PhD in immunology
8 years of research experience
Leon Schipper
Co-founder & ambassador
research partners
Maarten Jongsma
Development partner
Senior Researcher, Wageningen Plant Research
PhD in molecular biology
Expert in receptomics and metabolomics
Maurice Henquet
Development partner
Research Scientist, Wageningen Plant Research
PhD in biotechnology
Expert in receptomics
Andrew Patron
Experienced R&D leader and consultant for flavor, fragrance, pharma industries
Ex-VP Chemistry and Natural Products at Senomyx and Firmenich
Lucas Noldus
Professor - Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Founder & Chief Scientist - Noldus Information Technology
A company with global sales of research tools to universities and research centres with 6 international branches
Pim de Bokx
Global business incubator developer
Experienced impact entrepreneur
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