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MISSION

Subsense aims to unlock limitless human potential by creating safe, effective, and accessible brain-computer interfaces that elevate lives and redefine the interaction between human cognition and technology

The leadership team

Tetiana Aleksandrova

CEO & Co-Founder

8Y leading BCI startups • 15Y in management • Top 100 woman in Tech

Andrew Ostarello

Chief of Staff

20Y+ in statistics • analytics & executive operations • Former founder • CEO & COO

Scott Meek, Ph.D.

Head of R&D

12Y leading biosensor development • 11Y in nanomaterials

Michael Nketiah

Regulatory & Clinical Trial Sr. Vice President

26Y in regulatory, quality & clinicals • Led 9 medical products through FDA

Rose Monaghan

Sr. R&D Director

23Y leading medical device product development • Ex-Boston Scientific

Sasha Isaenko

Head of Operations

20Y in management • 13Y in startups finance & integrations

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Head of product

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Marketing Communication Lead

Anthony Di Pasqua, Ph.D.

Nanoscience Lead

20Y in nanomaterials • Prof. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Vandana Verma, Ph.D.

R&D Project Manager

20Y of R&D across academia, industry and government • Ex-NASA

Cyril Eleftheriou, Ph.D.

Scientific Strategy and Partnerships Lead

17Y in neuroengineering • Ex-Novartis

Angel Bravo, Ph.D.

Hardware Development Lead

15Y in optics • Al • and wearable biomedical devices • Ex-Science Corp.

Uri Magaram, Ph.D.

Neurotech Lead

9Y neuroscience tool developmen

Zoë Tosi, Ph.D.

Research Software & ML Lead

9Y in computational neuroscience • 6Y in ML for biosignals

Alexandra Karpman

Brand Experience Manager

12Y in BCI R&D • 6Y in biomed product management

Samantha Portea

Lab Manager

8Y in lab operations across biotech, academia & diagnostics

Imran Khaliq

IP Strategy Lead

20 years of experience in patent portfolio development, licensing and monetization

Dom Dizon

IT Manager

25Y in IT • 15Y in startup operations

Ranya Belmaachi

Product Lead

5Y+ in brain-computer Interfaces and neurotech • Ex-OpenBCI

Jennifer De la Cruz

HR Manager

8Y in HR in biotech and life sciences

John Wong

Operational Development Manager

26Y of in operations • 10Y in building biotech facilities operations

Kate Litvinova

Operational Manager

5Y in operations & finance • 10Y in product development & procurement

Wilbur Lau

Electrical Engineer

20Y in product development & manufacturing • 10Y in wearable biomedical devices

Jenny Shao

Associate Scientist

10Y in research and product development • 3Y in nanoparticles chemistry

Gabriel Mateo Semidey, Ph.D.

Research Scientist in Neuroscience

9Y in neuroscience research & tool development • 6Y in computational neuroscience

Benjamin Parker, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

7Y experience in neuroscience

Emily Zheng

Associate Scientist

7Y R&D across nanoparticle chemistry, diagnostics and drug delivery

Colin Bacon

Lab Tech

5Y in neuroscience & in vivo lab operations

Akshat Kalra

Scientific Software Engineer

3Y in neurotechnology, ML, and computational neuroscience

Adam Quintero

Electrical Engineer

5Y in hardware development & adaptive systems

James Rosas

Lab Technician

4Y of R&D and lab operations across academia and bioprocessing

Melissa Franklin, Ph.D.

Research Scientist in Neuroscience

9Y in neuroscience & biomaterials research • 6Y in BCI biocompatibility • Ex-Merck

Tyler Q. Nguyen

Firmware Engineer

24Y in R&D specializing in hardware and firmware engineering

Kateryna Sakharova

Business Executive Assistant

8Y in operations & project management, cross-functional execution, systems & process optimization

Katsiaryna Tsiukhai

10Y in UX/UI & product design • Co-founder Sizze.io & Capsula.mx • Red Dot Award Winner

Collaborators and Advisors

Prof. Dr. Bradley Nelson

collaborator

Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zürich
Department Head of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH
Chairman of the ETH Electron Microscopy Center
Member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Co-Director of the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, ETH Zürich

Prof. Salvador Pané i Vidal

collaborator

Professor of Materials for Robotics at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
Co-Director of the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab at ETH Zürich

Prof. Ali A. Yanik

collaborator

Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz
Expert in Nanoplasmonics

Prof. Naomi J. Halas

Scientific advisor

Rice University, University Professor
Inventor of gold nanoshells & pioneer in plasmonics
2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry

Dr. Sergey Stavisky

Scientific advisor

Co-Director of Neuroprosthetics Lab at UC Davis
Expert in speech & language restoration
2025 McKnight Scholar Award

John-Clark Levin

Product advisor

Research Lead, Kurzweil Technologies
Senior AI Advisor, Greenmantle
Yorktown Institute Fellow
Harvard, Cambridge AI research

David Eagleman

Scientific advisor

Neuroscientist at Stanford University
Co-founder of Neosensory & BrainCheck
Director at Center for Science and Law
Bestselling author & host of PBS’s The Brain and Netflix’s The Creative Brain

Lindsey Jardine

Regulatory Advisor

Former VP of Clinical & Regulatory at Blackrock Neurotech
Leading FDA TAP Pilot and Breakthrough neurotechnology strategies

Prof. Ajeet Kaushik

Scientific advisor

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
NanoBioTech Laboratory, Health System Engineering, Departmental of Environmental Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL-USA

Prof. Valeria Chiono

Scientific advisor

Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)
Politecnico di Torino
Member of Interdepartmental Center PolitoBIOMed Lab – Biomedical Engineering Lab
Substitute member Comitato Etico per la Ricerca

CAREERS

We are always looking for bright minds

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Marketing Communications Lead

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