Summary
Kevin Correia is a biotech entrepreneur and business development leader with eight years of experience bridging academic research and commercial supply for life sciences. Trained as a PhD chemical engineer, he has deep hands-on expertise in metabolic engineering, yeast physiology, microfluidics, and fluorescence microscopy from roles at the University of Toronto and Edinburgh, and translates that knowledge into sourcing and product strategies at Bio Basic. As founder of Kedalion Labs he blends startup grit with technical rigor—comfortable chewing the proverbial glass while building foundational tools for biotechnology. He is inquisitive and analytical by nature, fluent in computational tools like MATLAB and Python, and skilled at turning complex experimental workflows into scalable processes. Born to Portuguese immigrants and based in Delft, he combines multicultural perspective with a practical “no task is beneath me” ethos that helps align cross-functional teams.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering at University of Toronto
BASc, Chemical Engineering, BASc, Chemical Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Portuguese, French