Upma Sharma
InvestorEntrepreneurial Advisor; President, Arsenal Medicine (Medical, Biomaterials) at Material Impact
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
About
Member of Material Impact's entrepreneurial advisory board since Fund II and President of Arsenal Medical, a clinical-stage biomaterials company. She led development of Arsenal's ResQFoam product from invention to clinic and previously advanced a drug delivery depot at Lyra Therapeutics; she holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton and has numerous publications and patents.
Invests in
BiotechMedical DevicesNew Materials
Experience
- Arsenal MedicalPresident & CEOcurrent2018 — present
- Arsenal MedicalVP of R&D2017 — 2018
- Arsenal MedicalSenior Director, Research & Development2015 — 2016
- Arsenal MedicalDirector of Materials Science & Engineering2012 — 2015
- Lyra TherapeuticsVP of R&D2017 — 2018
- Lyra TherapeuticsSenior Manager, Materials Science & Engineering2010 — 2012
- Lyra TherapeuticsManager of Materials Science & Engineering2008 — 2010
- Lyra TherapeuticsSenior Engineer2006 — 2008
Education
- Rice UniversityPost-doctoral, Bioengineering
- Princeton UniversityPh.D., Chemical Engineering
- Purdue UniversityB.S., Chemical Engineering
Skills & more
R&D34Biomedical Engineering19Medical Devices19Lifesciences9Chemical Engineering6Drug Delivery6Start-ups5Biomaterials2Program Management3Materials Science2Life Sciences5Data Analysis1
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NanotechnologyValidationProduct DevelopmentResearch and Development (R&D)U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)BiotechnologyLeadershipManagementFrom Upma's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Rice University92
Abigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire VenturesEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesPatrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury FundSharon KedarCo-Founder, Partner at Northpond VenturesMartin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Also attended Princeton University444
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended Purdue University138
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lyra Therapeutics1
Colleagues at Material Impact
Adam Sharkawy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Material Impact
Alexa Horwitz
Director of Marketing and Communications at Material Impact
Ben Schlatka
Company Building Partner at Material Impact
Carmichael Roberts
Investor at Material Impact
Christian Theriault
Partner at Material Impact
Corinna Chen
Partner at Material Impact
Deborah Kilpatrick
Health IT CEO, Evidation at Material Impact
Elyse Winer
Partner at Material Impact