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About
Maria Navas-Moreno is the CEO and co-founder of allumbra, a company focused on medical diagnostics that she started in mid-2022 after previously spending five years as founder and CEO of Lever Photonics, which developed process monitoring tools for beverage manufacturers. She holds a PhD in Physics and has a background in Raman spectroscopy and instrument and application development. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at CPIA.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER at allumbra
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Randy CarneyCSO & CO-FOUNDER
Experience
- CPIAMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentBoulder, Colorado, United States
- allumbraCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentBroomfield, Colorado, United States
- Lever PhotonicsCEO and Co-Founder2018 — 2022Denver Metropolitan Area
- NASA Frontier Development LabMentor2017Mountain View, CA
- University of California, DavisPostdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Biophotonics2013 — 2016Sacramento, CA
- University of UtahPostdoctoral Fellow2012 — 2013
- University of UtahResearch Assistant2008 — 2011
- University of UtahTeaching Assistant2006 — 2007
- Universidad de los AndesResearch Assistant2005 — 2006
- Universidad de los AndesTeaching Assistant2002 — 2006
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship4Medical Diagnostics1Business Development1Mathematical Modeling14Data Analysis11Spectroscopy27Physics22Confocal Microscopy13Science12Research3StatisticsCell Culture3
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SDS-PAGEMachine LearningMicroscopyreal time PCRqPCRBiomedical EngineeringLife SciencesCell BiologyMatlabMathematicaLabviewLaTeXLanguages English · Spanish
- Entrepreneurial Negotiations: The MIT Way — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Who is Maria Navas-Moreno?
- Maria Navas-Moreno is the CEO and co-founder of allumbra, a company focused on medical diagnostics that she started in mid-2022 after previously spending five years as founder and CEO of Lever Photonics, which developed process monitoring tools for beverage manufacturers. She holds a PhD in Physics and has a background in Raman spectroscopy and instrument and application development. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at CPIA.
- Where does Maria Navas-Moreno work?
- Maria Navas-Moreno is CEO & CO-FOUNDER of allumbra.
- What companies did Maria Navas-Moreno found?
- Maria Navas-Moreno founded allumbra.
- Where did Maria Navas-Moreno go to school?
- Maria Navas-Moreno studied at University of Utah (PhD, Physics); University of Utah (MSc, Physics); Universidad de Los Andes (MSc, Biomedical Sciences).
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