Convergent Research
Anastasia Gamick is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in operations and management across various organizations. Currently serving as Cofounder and Chief Operating Officer at Convergent Research, Anastasia also holds an advisory role at Astera Institute. Previous positions include Product Manager and Deployment Manager at Segovia Technology, as well as Head of Kit Production and Consultant at Curative Inc. Additionally, Anastasia has managed operations and supply chain at This Bar Saves Lives. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Computer Science from UCLA and additional studies at Stanford University.
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Convergent Research
New types of organization are needed to accelerate scientific progress. Academic research groups and startup companies are essential to science and technology development. But there are some projects they just aren’t suited for. A university astronomy lab couldn’t have launched the Hubble Space Telescope on its own, nor would a venture-backed startup have built the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Hubble and CERN illustrate a common pattern in science: a need for projects that are bigger than an academic lab can undertake, more coordinated than a loose consortium or themed department, and not directly profitable enough to be a venture-backed startup or industrial R&D project. Focused Research Organizations (FROs) are a new type of scientific institution designed to fill this gap.