About
Hemanta Baruah is founder and CEO of Aakha Biologics. He brings over 15 years of experience in antibody discovery, protein engineering, and protein sciences across industry and academic settings, and serves as lead inventor of the approved therapeutic Sintilimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody. He has managed multiple monoclonal and bispecific antibody discovery programs across disease areas currently in advanced clinical development.
Founder & CEO at Aakha
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Experience
- Aakha BiologicsFounder & CEO of Aakha Biologicscurrent2021 — presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Alloy Therapeutics, Inc.Entrepreneur In Residence2020 — 2021Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
- Dragonfly Therapeutics, Inc.Associate Director of Protein Engineering2018 — 2020Greater Boston
- Abexxa Biologics, Inc.Principal Scientist2016 — 2018Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Adimab, LLCSenior Scientist2016Lebanon NH
- Adimab, LLCScientist II in Antibody engineering2011 — 2015Lebanon
- Adimab, LLCScientist I in protein Analytics and Antibody Engineering2009 — 2011
- MITPostdoctoral Research Associate under Prof. Alice Y. Ting2005 — 2009
- Wake Forest UniversityPhD Student under Prof. Ulrich Bierbach2000 — 2004
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPost doc, Biological Science and Protein Engineering2005 — 2009
- Wake Forest UniversityPhD, chemistry2000 — 2005
- Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurM.Sc, Chemistry1997 — 1999
Skills & more
Antibodies35Protein Chemistry31Cell2Cell Biology8DNA2ELISA7Molecular Biology3Monoclonal Antibodies5NMR2Purification8recombinant DNA technology3SDS-PAGE14
From Hemanta's professional profile.
Colleagues at 82VS
Andrei Ramirez-Valdez
Venture Associate at 82VS
Andrew Peterson
Founder / EIR at 82VS
Arthur Suckow
Investor at 82VS
Caitlin Tolman
Chief Operating Officer at 82VS
Carlos Loya
Venture Partner & Founder at 82VS
Colby Jordan
Vice President, Capital Formation at 82VS
Dongxing Zha
Founder / EIR at 82VS
Errik Anderson
Board Director at Basecamp Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Hemanta Baruah work?
- Hemanta Baruah is Founder / EIR at 82VS and Founder & CEO at Aakha.
- What companies did Hemanta Baruah found?
- Hemanta Baruah founded Aakha.
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