About
Rathi Srinivas is a co-founder at a stealth-stage company and holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. She co-invented the Droplette technology and, as Founder and CTO, built and scaled the venture-backed business across hardware, software, biotechnology, and consumer skin health, reaching eight figures in revenue within two years of launch; Droplette was named a Time Best Invention in 2022 and received funding from the NIH and Department of Defense. Earlier, she co-founded Novopyxis, a peptide therapeutics company whose lead candidate received FDA orphan designation for pediatric cardiomyopathy and was later explored for COVID-related cardiac and pulmonary damage.
Founder at Droplette
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Co-founders at Droplette
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Madhavi GaviniExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- StealthCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- DropletteCo-Foundercurrent2017 — present
- DropletteFounder, CTO & Product2017 — 2026Boston, MA
- NovopyxisCo-foundercurrent2014 — presentCambridge, MA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)PhD Research, Doyle Group2009 — 2015Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Teaching Assistant - Polymer Science Laboratory2012Cambridge, MA
- Merck SeronoInnovation Cup Finalist2014Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
- Firefly BioworksResearcher2011 — 2012Cambridge, MA
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch Assistant - Gonzalez Research Group2006 — 2009New York City Metropolitan Area
- MerckFuture Talent Summer Program2008West Point, PA
Skills & more
Medical Diagnostics1Microfluidics2Polymer Chemistry1Chemical Engineering9Biotechnology11Medical Devices2Research13Data Analysis9Biomaterials2Nanotechnology5Matlab9
Languages English · Tamil
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- Who is Rathi Srinivas?
- Rathi Srinivas is a co-founder at a stealth-stage company and holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. She co-invented the Droplette technology and, as Founder and CTO, built and scaled the venture-backed business across hardware, software, biotechnology, and consumer skin health, reaching eight figures in revenue within two years of launch; Droplette was named a Time Best Invention in 2022 and received funding from the NIH and Department of Defense. Earlier, she co-founded Novopyxis, a peptide therapeutics company whose lead candidate received FDA orphan designation for pediatric cardiomyopathy and was later explored for COVID-related cardiac and pulmonary damage.
- Where does Rathi Srinivas work?
- Rathi Srinivas is Founder of Droplette.
- What companies did Rathi Srinivas found?
- Rathi Srinivas founded Droplette.
- Where did Rathi Srinivas go to school?
- Rathi Srinivas studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Chemical Engineering); Columbia University (B.S., Chemical Engineering); Manalapan HS.
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