Our Mission.
Provide clinically actionable results to personalize patient care in minutes instead of days
BLASTID is led by diagnostic veterans, esteemed clinicians, & world-renowned scientists. We close the gap between sample and answer to guide patient care, pioneering diagnostics that are faster, smarter, and clinically actionable. We are a driven team united to solve a problem that kills millions of people every year.
BLASTID spun out of Harvard to defeat antimicrobial resistance through transformative clinical solutions with support from the ARPA-H DARTS program.
Our Values
Data-Driven · Patient-Centric · Collaborative · Inclusive · Intentional · Resilient
Company Founders
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Paulo A. Garcia, Ph.D.
CEO & President
Board Director
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Johan Paulsson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Chair of Scientific Advisory Board
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Rahul Dhanda
Co-Founder
Chair of the Board of Directors
The BLASTID Team
BLASTID's team brings together experience from across the diagnostics industry, diagnostic development, and clinical medicine.
Commercial & Operations
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![Paulo A. Garcia, PhD, Founder, CEO, President BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Paulo A. Garcia, Ph.D.
CEO & President
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![Michelle Giovenelli, CFO BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Michele Giovenelli
CFO
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![Bill Standwill, Commercial Advisor BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Bill Standwill
Commercial Advisor
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![Daisy N. Riquelme, PhD, Director of Corporate Development BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Daisy N. Riquelme, Ph.D.
Director of Corporate Development
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![Colby Drasher Operations Associate BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Colby Drasher
Operations Associate
Research & Development
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![Tom Feltrup, PhD, Principal Scientist at BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Tom Feltrup, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
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![Carolina Baez-Giangreco, MSc, Scientist II at BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Carolina Baez-Giangreco, M.Sc.
Sr. Scientist
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![Matt Turner, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Matt Turner, Ph.D.
Sr. Scientist
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![Diego Ramirez, Ph.D., Bioengineer BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Diego Ramirez, Ph.D.
Bioengineer
Product Development
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![Eduardo Latouche, MSc, Head of Product Development BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Eduardo Latouche, M.Sc.
VP of Product Development
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![Ali Aghvami, Ph.D. Senior Research Engineer BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Ali Aghvami, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Engineer
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![Michael Gutierrez, Principal Engineer BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Michael Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Principal Engineer
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![Florence Thatcher, M.Sc., PMP, Sr. Technical Program Manager BLASTID blood diagnostics]()
Florence Thatcher, M.Sc., PMP
Sr. Technical Program Manager
Scientific Advisory Board
BLASTID's advisors span clinical infectious disease, advanced microscopy, novel microfluidics, computational biology, regulatory strategy, and regulated medical device development.
Scientific Advisory Board
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Dr. Johan Paulsson, Ph.D.
FOUNDER & HEAD of SAB
Scientific Advisor
Professor of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
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Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis, M.D., Ph.D., FIDSA
CLINICAL COLLABORATOR
Chair of Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
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Dr. Roby Bhattacharyya, M.D., Ph.D.
CLINICAL COLLABORATOR
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Broad Institute
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Devon Campbell, M.Sc.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATOR
Founder, CEO, Prodct Studio
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Christie Johnson
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATOR
Founder, COO, Prodct Studio
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Dr. Gail Radcliffe, Ph.D.
REGULATORY ADVISOR
Founder, Radcliffe Consulting
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Dr. Jan Funke, Ph.D.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Senior Group Leader, Computational Biology
Fondazione Human Technopole (Italy)
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Dr. Laura Waller, Ph.D.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UC Berkeley
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Dr. Harrison Steel, Ph.D.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Careers at BLASTID
Interested in joining our team? Reach out.
We're always looking for talented, motivated individuals who are passionate about our mission. Even if a specific role that matches your background isn’t listed, we encourage you to reach out at careers@blastid.ai. If you're interested in making an impact and believe you'd be a great fit for our team, we'd love to hear from you.
BLASTID is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.