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Board of Directors
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Dr. Bala S. Manian |
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Dr. Manian has been a distinguished contributor to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial community for the last three decades. At present, Dr. Manian is focused on ReaMetrix, which he founded in May of 2003. ReaMetrix is committed to becoming the leading provider of easy-to-use assay solutions that increase reliability and consistency, expand the capabilities of proprietary technology platforms, increase the experimental efficiency and at the same time bring affordable solutions to address needs in India and other developing nations.
Dr. Manian is a co-founder and director of Quantum Dot Corporation and a co-founder of SurroMed Corporation, both of which are privately held. He was the founder and chairman of Biometric Imaging, Inc. which was acquired by Becton Dickinson in February 1999. Prior to founding Biometric Imaging, Inc., Dr. Manian founded both Lumisys and Molecular Dynamics in June 1987and was their founder chairman and CTO. Lumisys went public in 1995 and was acquired by Eastman Kodak in December of 2000. Molecular Dynamics went public in 1993 and subsequently was acquired by Amersham in 1998. Dr. Manian founded Digital Optics Corporation in 1980, an optical instrumentation and systems development company that was acquired by the publicly traded Matrix Corporation in 1984.
An expert in the design of electro-optical systems, Dr. Manian holds more than 35 patents, many of which have resulted in successful commercial products. Additionally, Dr. Manian has authored more than 30 peer reviewed scientific publications. He has been recognized through several awards for his contributions as an educator, inventor and an entrepreneur. In February 1999 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded a Technical Academy Award to Dr. Manian for advances in digital cinematography. He has a B. S. in Physics from the University of Madras, an M. S. in Applied Optics from the University of Rochester, and a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. He was a faculty member of the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics for four years, teaching courses in optical fabrication and testing, optical instrumentation and holography.
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