From Orbit to Outcomes: Space Research Driving Health Innovation

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Speaker Bios

Adam Arkin, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley

_{Adam Arkin, Richard Newton Memorial Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and a Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a leader in systems and synthetic biology and biological data science.
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/adam-arkin}

Raj Pai, Founder and Partner at Paiconic Capital

_{Raj Pai is a seasoned investor and operating executive with a unique 360-degree view of the deep tech landscape, from pioneering government R&D to scaling and backing venture-backed startups. Through Paiconic Capital, he focuses on global investments in Aerospace and the future of Digital Twins in physical Artificial Intelligence. Raj served as Chief Technologist for the Aviation Systems Division at NASA. Prior to NASA, Raj spent three decades in Silicon Valley as a successful engineer, product leader, and executive at Informatica, AutoGrid (Schneider Electric), Tibco, and Aster Data (Teradata). 
Raj is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and the University of California at Berkeley.}