Bahar Behsaz
Chief Executive Officer at Chemia Biosciences, Inc
United States
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Top SchoolBahar Behsaz is a biotech founder and CEO with nine years of experience building scalable omics platforms that accelerate small-molecule drug discovery. Trained in computer science, mathematics and a PhD in bioinformatics and systems biology, she blends algorithmic rigor with hands-on experimental insight to develop metabolomics, genomics, and microbiome workflows. Her work leverages AI, machine learning and combinatorial algorithms to enable high-throughput identification of anti-infective and anti-cancer compounds. Prior roles at Carnegie Mellon, UC San Diego (under Pavel Pevzner and Rob Knight), and BC Cancer Agency reflect a strong research-to-product trajectory. She is notable for translating deep computational methods into practical discovery pipelines as CEO of Chemia Biosciences.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Sharif University of TechnologyUniversity of California San DiegoMaster of Science (MSc), Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics at Simon Fraser UniversityGithub contributions (5)
bbehsaz/cyclonovo_dev
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
bbehsaz/nrpminer
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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