Paul C. Harris

Dr. Harris began his career at Beckman Instruments (Brea,CA) as a Senior Research Immunologist and, following Beckman’s acquisition by SmithKline, as Principal Research Scientist and Project Manager, working on a variety of diagnostic products. In 1985,Paul moved to Genetic Systems (now BioRad) to develop a fully-automated, high-throughput instrument for HIV and Hepatitis testing, first as Project Manager and then as Director of Systems Development and Technical Services. From 1993 to 1995 Paul was the Director of Engineering and Manufacturing Operations at MicroProbe Corporation where he was responsible for the engineering of automated systems for diagnostic products based on DNA hybridization probe technology. From 1995 to 1997 he was Director of Research and Development for STC Technologies (now Orasure Technologies), and from 1997to 1998 he was Vice President, Systems Engineering for CellPro Incorporated. From 1998 to 2011, Paulwas Vice President of R&D and Chief Science Officer for Response Biomedical Corporation where he was responsible for all aspects of R&D for point-of-care immunodiagnostic systems, including automated instruments, software, assay development and disposables. The unifying theme in all of these positionshas been Dr. Harris’ ability to develop products that meet exacting regulatory (FDA, CE, ISO), performance, and cost requirements. Paul holds a B.S in Biology from the University of California, Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Immunology, also from the University of California, Irvine. He has 20 issued US patents.