Debkishore Mitra
FounderFounder at Lucira Health
Berkeley, California, United States
FoundedLucira Health · YC
About
Debkishore Mitra is an independent consultant working in medical device and biotechnology product development. He co-founded Lucira Health, Inc. (formerly Diassess Inc.), where the company developed and commercialized at-home COVID and COVID-Flu molecular tests, and previously served as CTO at Hound Labs, leading development of breath THC tests. He holds a PhD in bioengineering from the joint program of the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, with research focused on microfluidic tools for point-of-care diagnostics, and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Founder at Lucira HealthYC W15
Intro paths
Debkishore went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Lucira Health
Experience
- Self-employedIndependent Consultantcurrent2024 — present
- Testmate HealthAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
- z21 VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2023 — present
- Hound Labs, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2023 — 2024
- Lucira HealthCo-founder and Advisor2022 — 2024
- Lucira HealthCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer2019 — 2022Emeryville, California
- Diassess Inc.Co-Founder2013 — 2019Stanley Hall, U.C. Berkeley
- 10X GenomicsR&D Engineer2014Pleasanton, CA
- University of California, BerkeleyDoctoral Student2008 — 2013Berkeley, California
- Bio-Rad LaboratoriesSummer Intern2012
- Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurB.Tech (H) Biotechnology2004 — 2008
- Invitrogen Bioservices, IndiaSummer Intern2007
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Debkishore Mitra?
- Debkishore Mitra is an independent consultant working in medical device and biotechnology product development. He co-founded Lucira Health, Inc. (formerly Diassess Inc.), where the company developed and commercialized at-home COVID and COVID-Flu molecular tests, and previously served as CTO at Hound Labs, leading development of breath THC tests. He holds a PhD in bioengineering from the joint program of the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, with research focused on microfluidic tools for point-of-care diagnostics, and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
- Where does Debkishore Mitra work?
- Debkishore Mitra is Founder of Lucira Health.
- What companies did Debkishore Mitra found?
- Debkishore Mitra founded Lucira Health.
- Where did Debkishore Mitra go to school?
- Debkishore Mitra studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering); Apeejay School (Higher Secondary, Science (with Biology)).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Testmate Health1
Also worked at Diassess Inc.2
Also worked at 10X Genomics10
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