We are a team on a mission to revolutionize diagnostics
Meet our Team
With 40 years of experience in the international MedTech industry, Chris is regarded by many as a leader in the field. His expertise spans across commercializing medical technology in the US market, scaling medical device companies, and creating category leaders globally. He has held leadership positions at two Australian MedTech companies, Cochlear and ResMed, which during his tenure, expanded globally, and revolutionized the hearing and sleep apnoea markets respectively.
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.
Kevin Friedman is the Chief Medical Officer of MedTech startup Nutromics. A licensed physician with an extensive background in the biotech industry, Kevin is passionate about innovation in devices and diagnostics, specifically how continuous monitoring plays an important role in informing clinical decisions to improve patient outcomes, reduce adverse events, and improve patient wellbeing.
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.
Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo, also known as Netz, is an Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He leads a multidisciplinary research group focused on the development of biosensing technologies for real-time molecular monitoring in biological systems.
*Participation by Netz ARROYO as an advisor to Nutromics Corp. and its affiliates does not constitute or imply endorsement of Nutromics Corp. by Johns Hopkins 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.
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.