Nabil Saad

Nabil Saad, Ph.D. has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning various companies and roles. Nabil is currently serving as the VP of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at Nikira Labs since 2022. Prior to this, they were the VP of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at Omniscent, Inc. from 2020 to 2022. There, they focused on promoting the Lab-on-a-Chip chromatographic separation and IoT solution for oil and gas, petrochemical environmental health, and safety applications, with potential expansion into healthcare. Nabil also served as an Independent Redistricting Commissioner at the City of Menlo Park from 2021 to 2022.

Earlier in their career, Nabil worked as the Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development at ATONARP INC (2017-2019), where they launched a miniaturized mass spectrometer for sterile freeze-drying manufacturing of pharma injectables. Prior to that, they held roles at Picarro, Inc. as the Sr. Product and Applications Manager - Business Development (2013-2017) and Senior Scientist - Marketing (2008-2013). Notably, at Stanford University, they worked as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Chemistry, where they developed the world's first GC-Combustion-CRDS system for mudlogging applications and published their work in PNAS.

Nabil's earlier experience includes working as the Director of Analytical Chemistry at KineMed, Inc. (2007-2008), a Project Scientist in Metabolomics at the University of California, Davis (2005-2007), and a Design Engineer at Stanford Research Systems (2002-2005). Nabil also served as a Graduate Research Assistant at Cornell University - Brenna Lab (1997-2002).

Nabil Saad, Ph.D. earned their Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell University in the years 1995 to 2001. Nabil also holds a Visiting Scholar position in Chemistry at Stanford University from 2008 to 2009. Prior to this, they obtained a B.Sc. in Food Technology & Nutrition from the American University of Beirut in the years 1992 to 1994, and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the same university from 1985 to 1989. Their education journey began at the International College, where they completed their Baccalaureate - Sci. Exp. between 1976 and 1985. Additionally, Nabil Saad has obtained several certifications including Business Negotiating and Managing Product and Go-to-Market Strategies from UC Berkeley Executive Education, as well as An Introduction to Marketing and Social Psychology from Coursera.