Soya Gamsey

Soya leads Profusa’s creation of novel molecules for sensing glucose, oxygen, and other important biochemicals in the body. Previously, she served as Director of Sensor Development at GluMetrics where she led the R&D of a fluorescent continuous glucose sensor for ICU patients. She also brings to Profusa experience in rational drug design, having worked as a medicinal chemist at Geron Corp. Soya is an innovator with more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and over 15 patents. She holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Reed College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UC Santa Cruz where her research focused on fluorescent glucose sensors.