We are global leaders in wastewater epidemiology
![Biobot Analytics Founders, Newsha Ghaeli (left) and Dr. Mariana Matus (right)](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/photo.png)
Our mission is to transform wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories
Founded by a biologist and an architect, our team has exemplified the power of interdisciplinary collaboration from its beginning.
As a first-year PhD student at MIT, Dr. Mariana Matus was inspired to start wastewater epidemiology research, so she could apply her technical skills to improve public health. With the support of Professors Eric Alm and Carlo Ratti, her research grew into the MIT Underworlds Project. Newsha Ghaeli, an architect, joined the project with an interest in how new technologies can improve cities and urban life. Their work resulted in several scientific publications, coverage by dozens of local and national media outlets, and Dr. Matus’ PhD dissertation in Computational Biology.
Inspired by the potential of wastewater epidemiology, Biobot is the first company in the world to commercialize data from sewage. After winning multiple entrepreneurship competitions at MIT, including a place in the DeltaV and DesignX accelerators, Biobot completed the Y Combinator accelerator in San Francisco. Headquartered in the Boston area, we aim to extend our wastewater epidemiology platform across the globe.
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Our Team
![Mariana Matus, CEO & COFOUNDER](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_mariana-matus.jpg)
![Newsha Ghaeli, PRESIDENT & COFOUNDER](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_newsha.jpg)
![Venkat Jaganathan, Chief Product Officer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Venkat-Jaganathan.jpg)
![Nadia Wallace, Vice President, Engineering](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nadia_Wallace.jpg)
![Michael Arcudi, Vice President, Finance and Operations](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Michael_Arcudi_Headshot.jpg)
![Bob Kittredge, Vice President, Customer Success](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Bob-Kittredge.jpg)
![Tracy Analoro, Research Associate II](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Tracy-Analoro-1.jpg)
![Kyle Billemeyer, Staff Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kylebillemeyer_softwareng.jpg)
![Matt Boyce, Research Data Scientist II](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Matt-Boyce.jpg)
![Alex Buben, Principal, Epidemiology](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Alex-Buben.jpg)
![Becca Cooper, Application Scientist](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Becca_Cooper.jpg)
![Marisa Donnelly, Sr. Principal, Epidemiology](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Marisa-Donnelly-Public-Health-Partnerships-Epidemiologist.jpg)
![Nick Durham, Account Executive, Government](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nick-Durham_Customer-Experience-Associate.jpg)
![Oliver Ehrhardt, Senior DevSecOps Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Oliver_Ehrhardt.jpg)
![Michela Farina, Manager, Molecular Prep & Sequencing](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Michela-Farina.jpg)
![Johnny Florez](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/biobot_profile_02.jpeg.webp)
![Roisin Floyd, Manager, Laboratory Operations](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_roisin-floyd.jpg)
![Lauren Galinsky, Director, Partnerships](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Galinsky-Lauren-Biobot_Headshots.jpg)
![Anna Greene, Director, Growth Marketing](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Anna-Greene-1-370-x-374.jpg)
![Celia Groeneveldt, Customer Success & Support Manager](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Celia-Groeneveldt.jpg)
![Josh Harrison, PhD, Manager, Data Science](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Josh-Harrison.jpg)
![Kait Hess Jimenez, Senior Director, Lab and R&D](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_kaitlyin-hess.jpg)
![Pema Kunsal, Research Associate IV](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pema-Kunsal.jpg)
![Augusto Latorre, Research Associate III](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Augusto-Latorre.jpg)
![Brenton Mantone, Research Associate II](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/biobot_profile_02.jpeg.webp)
![Monica Matus, ACCOUNTANT](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_monica-matus.jpg)
![Thomas McDonald, Group Lead, R&D](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Thomas_McDonald.jpg)
![Kyle McElroy, Principal Research Scientist](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_kyle.jpg)
![Ross McKinney, Director, Data Engineering](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ross-McKinney.jpg)
![Neil O'Connor](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Neil-OConnor.png)
![Kaleena Olatunji](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/biobot_profile_02.jpeg.webp)
![Jamie Orent](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jamie-2-370-x-371.jpg)
![Dan Orsine](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Dan-Orsine.png)
![Ridge Pierce, Research Associate III](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ridge_Pierce.jpg)
![Allison Piper, Customer Success Manager & Product Specialist](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Allison_Piper.jpg)
![Monica Pompey, Molecular Lab Supervisor, PCR](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Monica_Pompey_Headshot.jpg)
![Mike Richards, Staff Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Richards-Mike-Biobot-Headshots.jpg)
![Shawn Rinehart, Senior Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Shawn-Rinehart.jpg)
![Genevieve Rogers, Business Development Director](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GRogers.png)
![Chaithra Sathyanarayana, Senior Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_chaithra-sathyanarayana.jpg)
![Katja Shimko](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Katja-Shimko.png)
![Camelia Shuja, Assay Product Delivery Manager](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/biobot_profile_02.jpeg.webp)
![Summer Smith, Staff Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SummerSmith.png)
![Adam Thomson, Engineering Manager, Integrations](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Adam_Thomson.jpg)
![Matt Tosch](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/matt_tosch.png)
![Bradley Wagner, Staff Data Scientist, Quantitative Epidemiologist](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bradley-Wagner.png)
![Alex Waldrop, Staff Software Engineer](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Alex_Waldrop.jpg)
![Anna Wolock, Research Associate III](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Anna-Wolock.jpg)
Our Advisors
Board of Advisors
![John Brownstein](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/profile_brownsteinjohn.jpg)
Scientific Advisors
![Eric Profile, Professor of Biological Engineering, MIT](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_eric.jpg)
![Dr. Peter Chai, Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/profile_chaipeter.jpg)
![Dr. Timothy Erickson, Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/profile_ericksontimothy.jpg)
![Bill Hanage](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bill_Hanage.jpg)
![Elizabeth Profile, Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution](https://biobot.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/profile_elizabeth.jpg)
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