Biocom Catalyst Awards

Ryan Witt

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Immix Biopharma
2018 LA Winner

Leo Petrossian, Ph.D., MBA

Chief Executive Officer, Neural Analytics
2018 LA Winner

Stephen Fiacco, Ph.D.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, EvoRx Technologies and Canvas Pharma
2018 LA Winner

Joseph Dunham, Ph.D.

Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, SeqOnce Biosciences Inc.
2018 LA Winner

Long Cai, Ph.D.

Co-founder, Spatial Genomics; Research Professor, Caltech
2018 LA Winner

Brian Benson

Director of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA
2018 LA Winner

Carolina Amador

President, Biotech Connection Los Angeles (BCLA)
2018 LA Winner

Arthur Suckow, Ph.D.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, DTx Pharma
2018 SD Winner

Drew Spaventa, MBA

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Singular Genomics
2018 SD Winner

Chorom Pak, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Lynx Biosciences
2018 SD Winner

Taylor Moyer

Chief Executive Officer, Managed Lab Services
2018 SD Winner

Jose Morachis, Ph.D.

President and co-founder, NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc.
2018 SD Winner

Tao Long, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
2018 SD Winner

Suman Kanuganti, MBA

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aira Tech
2018 SD Winner

Valentino Gantz, Ph.D.

Co-founder and Director, Agragene Inc. and Synbal Inc.
2018 SD Winner

Punit Dhillon

Co-founder and Director, OncoSec Medical Incorporated
2018 SD Winner

Stephanie Culler, Ph.D.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Persephone Biome
2018 SD Winner

Todd Harris, Ph.D.

Head of Corporate Development, Sienna Labs, Inc
2017 San Diego Winner

Marie Rippen, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Lab Launch
2017 LA Winner

Tanya Petrossian, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, EndoCyclic Therapeutics; Principal, Building Blocks Advisory Group
2017 LA Winner

Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D.

Chancellor’s Professor at University of California, Los Angeles; Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2017 LA Winner

Yan Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
2017 LA Winner

Thomas Lipkin, Ph.D.

Head of New Ventures, University of California, Los Angeles Technology Development Group
2017 LA Winner

Matt Tremblay, Ph.D.

Vice President, Business Development, The Scripps Research Institute; Chief Operating Officer, California Institute for Biomedical Research
2017 SD Winner

Ryan Taft, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Scientific Research, Illumina Inc.
2017 SD Winner

David Nelles, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder, Locana Inc.
2017 SD Winner

Patrick Mercier, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego
2017 SD Winner

Zachary Hornby, M.S., MBA

Chief Operating Officer, Ignyta Inc.
2017 SD Winner

Dov Fox, J.D.

Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
2017 SD Winner

Brendan Eckelman, Ph.D.

Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Biotherapeutics, Inhibrx LP
2017 SD Winner

Karen Christman, Ph.D.

Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego; Scientific Co-founder, Ventrix Inc.
2017 SD Winner

Francie Barron, Ph.D.

Vice President of Biology and Regulatory Affairs, Nanomedical Diagnostics
2017 SD Winner

Ashley Van Zeeland, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer Human Longevity
2016 Winner

Edward R. Truitt, III

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Lubris BioPharma
2016 Winner

Mike Milligan

Principal, Life Science Department Barney & Barney
2016 Winner

Dena Marrinucci, Ph.D.

Vice President, Research Salveo Dx
2016 Winner

Rob Knight, Ph.D.

Faculty Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation Pediatrics, Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
2016 Winner

Michael Heltzen

President and CEO AllSeq Inc. & EXO Incubator Inc.
2016 Winner

Susie Harborth

General Partner, BioInnovation Capital Managing Director, BioLabs San Diego
2016 Winner

Tony Grover

Vice President, Business Development Banyan Biomarkers
2016 Winner

Martyn Gross

Founder; Vice President, Innovation Clarify Medical
2016 Winner

Phil Baran, Ph.D.

Darlene Shirley Chemistry Chair & Professor The Scripps Research Institute
2016 Winner

Presented By Biocom and San Diego Venture Group

Join Biocom in celebrating the future of life science by nominating a young leader who you feel is igniting innovation and fueling growth of our industry.

The 4th Annual Biocom Catalyst Awards turn the spotlight to the next generation of life science trailblazers in San Diego, Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

Life Science Catalyst Winners

Look around you: who are the current and future leaders of life science?