Who are the brains behind the best test in the market?

We are an experienced team of scientific researchers and business executives with more than seventy-five years of combined life science research at the world's top universities.

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Vienna Sparks

vienna@mablab.tech
Chief Executive Officer

Vienna Sparks is an accomplished entrepreneur from Columbia University with extensive knowledge in cultivating and growing startups, previously founding a social enterprise that scaled to more than seventy thousand active users. Vienna is extremely well-versed in the biotechnology space and has previous experience conducting novel research at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center on genetic technology and antibody development. In addition to her academic achievements, Vienna has cultivated her proficiency in business development through her significant contributions at Cedar Street Capital, Calex Partners, and MARIO Framework.
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Skye Lam

skye@mablab.tech
Chief Operating Officer

Skye Lam is a results-driven founder from Harvard University with a proven track record of success in managing complex business situations, building high-performance teams, and driving business growth. In his previous role at Harvard Student Agencies, he generated more than $1,000,000 in sales revenue for the largest student-run business in the world. Prior to that, Skye developed his expertise in the financial services industry at BlackRock, Bank of America, and Houlihan Lokey — enabling him to excel in diverse roles across Quantitative Strategy and Corporate Finance. His professional journey is underpinned by extensive research experience at NASA, where he has been named a Grand Award Winner at the International Science and Engineering Fair and Recipient of the NASA Robert H. Goddard Honor Award. For his dedication to entrepreneurship, Skye was recently named a Roberts Family Fellow at Harvard Business School.
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Advisory Board

Frederick Barken, M.D.

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Frederick Barken is a retired primary care physician with more than twenty years of medical experience. In addition to that, he previously served as the Director of Cayuga Medical Associates and as an Adjunct Instructor in Health Policy at Ithaca College. Dr. Barken received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

Karen Donovan

Business Advisor

Karen Donovan is a healthcare strategy consultant for over two decades, focusing on strategic planning, corporate M&A, and business development across the healthcare continuum across thirty cities in the United States. Ms. Donovan is a graduate from The Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania and is an active investor in early-stage healthcare.

Suzy Engwall

Business Advisor

Suzy Engwall is the CEO and Founder of HealthTech Strategies, where she is an innovation leader, speaker, startup advisor, and mentor that has been working to make positive change in healthcare settings for almost two decades. Ms. Engwall is also the Co-Director for HealthTech at the Founder Institute, one of the world's leading accelerator programs.

Catherine Finn, MSW

Scientific Advisor

Catherine Finn is the Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and the Deputy Editor at Harvard Health Publishing. She was previously the Executive Producer for OpioidX: The Opioid Crisis in America, and the Course Director for Treating and Preventing Addiction in Community-Based Settings. Ms. Finn received her MBA from Boston University.

Ronald Guido

Scientific Advisor

Ron Guido is a Lecturer in Biological Sciences at Columbia University and has held roles in clinical research and product development for medical devices since 1980. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Development Officer at Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics and the Head of Worldwide Regulatory Strategy for Pfizer.

Ajay Nyamati

Business Advisor

Ajay Nyamati is a seasoned Sales & Strategy Leader with more than a decade of industry experience in digital health. He teaches Business Applications of AI & ML at Columbia University and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kitsa, a startup making clinical trials accessible to everyone. Prior to that, he was a Partner Growth Leader at Amazon Web Services.

Team Expertise

Manish Chaubey, M.D.

Principal Investigator

Manish Chaubey is a Post-Doc at Harvard Medical School conducting cutting-edge research in membrane proteins. He has a strong background in structural biology, holding a Ph.D. in Protein NMR from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and an Integrated M. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi.

Joel Johnson George, Ph.D.

Scientific Investigator

Joel Johnson George is currently an NIH T32 Post-Doc Research Fellow at Columbia University, where he studies transitional zone epithelial cells in the small intestine and stomach. Alongside his research, Joel has also built expertise as a regulatory and business management consultant for diverse biological and technical startups.

Carolyn Kim

Business Development

Carolyn is a PhD Candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Columbia University. Her thesis is focused on the cellular mechanism of injury following repetitive mild blast traumatic brain injuries. She is the recipient of the DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, awarded to less than 2% of applicants.

Ali Rashidfarrokhi, Ph.D.

Scientific Investigator

Ali Rashidfarrokhi is a Post-Doc Fellow at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he manages immuno-oncology projects developing novel antibodies as monotherapies. He graduated from New York University with a Ph.D. in Immunology and the University of Amsterdam with a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences.

Carly Bolton

Business Development

Carly Bolton is a marketing-oriented student at Harvard University, where she is studying Economics and Computer Science. She previously served as a Chief Marketing Officer for Harvard Student Agencies, where she achieved a 75% YoY growth from $850k to $1.3M, and sent more than 22,000 B2B/B2C marketing emails every single week.

Student Interns

Lilly Montelle

Marketing Team

Lilly Montelle is a student at Barnard College studying Economics and Computer Science. She is an Organizing Member for Columbia University's DivHacks, Girls Into VC Fellow, and an entrepreneurship professional at Barnard's Athena Center for Leadership with a focus on the startup and venture capital space.

Lea Yang

Marketing Team

Lea Yang is a marketing specialist with prior expertise developing campaigns and managing social media platforms for a prior startup at Harvard Business School. She is the Founder and Business Owner of Scentstone Jewelry and has achieved success as an active member of the Young Entrepreneur's Academy in Southern California.

Jillian Zolot

Marketing Team

Jillian Zolot is a student at Tufts University, where she is studying Biopsychology and Finance. At Tufts, she serves as the Director of Recruitment for an internationally-recognized entrepreneurship organization. People-oriented, pragmatic, and focused, she is passionate about increasing access to resources in the public health arena.