Meet the Team

Building on the foundational work at UC San Diego by Melio’s co-founders, we have grown into a high-performing and inventive team, pulling together expertise across both engineering and life sciences.

MRIDU SINHA, PHD
MRIDU SINHA, PHDCEO
EVAN FOSTER, PHD
EVAN FOSTER, PHDEngineering
LUC BOUSSE, PHD
LUC BOUSSE, PHDEngineering
CLARE FASCHING, PHD
CLARE FASCHING, PHDAssay
MARIE PICHENOT, MD
MARIE PICHENOT, MDMedical Affairs
WENDY WONG
WENDY WONGCPO
KE-CHIH LIN, PHD
KE-CHIH LIN, PHDEngineering
JASON BRIGGS, PHD
JASON BRIGGS, PHDEngineering
REFILWE KEBADIRENG
REFILWE KEBADIRENGEngineering
KHUSHROO GANDHI, PHD
KHUSHROO GANDHI, PHDEngineering
JAMIE BOBOLIS
JAMIE BOBOLISAssay
APOORVA RAVI SHANKAR, PHD
APOORVA RAVI SHANKAR, PHDAssay
SAMARPITA "SAM" ROYBARDHAN, MS
SAMARPITA "SAM" ROYBARDHAN, MSAssay
JULIA WELLONS, MS
JULIA WELLONS, MSAssay
CHRIS GARRISON
CHRIS GARRISONOperations
AKASH KIRANI, MS
AKASH KIRANI, MSQuality
KATHLEEN "KATHY" PERRY, PHD
KATHLEEN "KATHY" PERRY, PHDQuality
LORENA INIGUEZ
LORENA INIGUEZOperations
SARTHAK SINGH, MS
SARTHAK SINGH, MSData Science
MONISH ERODE SHANKAR
MONISH ERODE SHANKARData Science
SAURABH MEHTA
SAURABH MEHTAData Science
HIMANSHU CHITTORA
HIMANSHU CHITTORAData Science
ADITYA NAIR
ADITYA NAIRData Science

ADVISORS

Prof. Stephanie Fraley, PhD

Co-founder, Advisor and Board Member

Dr. Shelley Lawrence MD, MS

Advisor and Board Member

Prof. Todd Coleman

Advisor and Board Member

Anula Jayasuriya, MD, PhD, MBA

Advisor and Board Member

Ravi mistry, MS, MBA

Advisor and Board Member

Claude Benchimol, PhD

Advisor and Board Member

Ryan Simkovsky, PhD

Assay Development, Advisor

Dr. William “Bill” Benitz, MD

Clinical Development, Advisor

Sowmya Arunkumar

Regulatory Affairs, Advisor

Todd Peterson, PhD

Biotech and R&D, Advisor

Ramon Feliciano, phd

Product Development and Strategy, Advisor

Ellen Jo Baron, PhD

Clinical Development and Adoption, Advisor

Dan Schmitigal

Fluidics and Operations, Advisor

Welcome to Tomorrow’s Diagnostics,

TODAY.