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Sammy Datwani

Executive biotech leader specializing in microfluidics, diagnostics, and life science tools

Prisma BioJohns Hopkins UniversityPleasanton, CA25 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Experience

Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Technology Officer (former)Prisma Bio · Jan 2025 – Present
Chief Product OfficerSystemic Bio · Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
Co-founder, Investor & AdvisorFolde Medical · Jan 2022 – Jan 2026part-time
Sr. Vice President, Research & Development & AdvisorSynthego · Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Vice President, DevelopmentSynthego · Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
President and Principal ConsultantSSD Advisors, LLC · Jan 2020 – Jan 2022freelance
Board of DirectorsLife Science Angels · Jan 2020 – Presentpart-time
Member, Bio, Medical Device, and Chair of the Digital Health Screening CommitteesLife Science Angels · Jan 2016 – Presentpart-time
Board of DirectorsCombinati · Jan 2016 – Jan 2021part-time
Strategic Advisor and Angel InvestorBioz · Jan 2016 – Jan 2021part-time
Board of Directors (Invited, Nominated and Elected)Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening · Jan 2019 – Jan 2022part-time
Finance Committee, Strategic Committee, Board Liaison for Knowledge CouncilSociety for Laboratory Automation and Screening · Jan 2019 – Jan 2024part-time
Innovation Award Committee, Technical Programming CommitteesSociety for Laboratory Automation and Screening · Jan 2010 – Presentpart-time
Microscales in Life Science Symposium, Committee ChairSociety for Laboratory Automation and Screening · Jan 2022 – Jan 2023part-time
Microscales Life Science Symposium, Committee Chair, Session Chair, PanelistSociety for Laboratory Automation and Screening · Jan 2023 – Jan 2024part-time
Advisory Board Member (Invited)The Johns Hopkins University · Jan 2019 – Jan 2025part-time
Senior Director, R&D and Principal EngineerLabcyte · Jan 2007 – Jan 2019
Senior Scientist, Advanced Technologies Division, R&DEksigent Technologies · Jan 2003 – Jan 2007
Research and Development Engineer, I/II: Advanced Technologies Division, R&D.Caliper Life Sciences · Jan 2000 – Jan 2003
Invited Lecturer, Department of Bioengineering, Graduate Level – MicrofluidicsUniversity of California, Berkeley · Jan 2015 – Jan 2016part-time
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical, Chemical & Materials EngineeringSan José State University · Jan 2011 – Presentpart-time

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Education

Johns Hopkins Universitydoctorate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2000)
Columbia Universitymaster, Chemical Engineering (1995)
Johns Hopkins Universitybachelor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (1994)

Awards

  • ACS Colloid and Surface Science Technology Award (2024)
  • SLAS Innovation Award Winner (2014)
  • SLAS Innovation Award Winner (2015)
  • SLAS Innovation Award Winner (2018)
  • SLAS Innovation Award Winner (2025)
  • SLAS Fellow Member (2019)
  • Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE) (2018)
  • TiE Top50 Start-Up Award Winner (2016)
  • G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1996-1997)
  • Provost Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (1993-1994)

Skills

AutomationProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingGo-to-Market StrategySystems IntegrationProject ManagementMicrodevicesLife Science ToolsMolecular DiagnosticsMedical DevicesMicrofluidicsHigh Volume ManufacturingTransport Phenomena

Languages

English

Publications

25 publications

MicrofluidicsMass SpectrometryAcoustic Droplet EjectionDrug DiscoveryDigital PCRCancer MonitoringAntibodiesHigh-Throughput ScreeningLife Science InstrumentationMolecular Diagnostics

Memberships

  • Life Science Angels
  • Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)
  • American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE)

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Sammy DatwaniExecutive biotech leader specializing in microfluidics, diagnostics, and life science tools