Maanasa Kandarpa

Maanasa Kandarpa is currently serving as an Associate Product Manager for Proteomics Assays at Quanterix, a position held since June 2023. Previously, Maanasa worked as a Graduate Student Consultant at Thermo Fisher Scientific, focusing on market intelligence and strategy within the Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Business Unit. Maanasa's experience includes roles as a Marketing Specialist and Product Management Intern at Illumina, where contributions to high-throughput protein discovery assays were made. Earlier internships at Genentech involved promoting student engagement and researching novel protein therapeutic formats. Maanasa's research background includes significant academic projects related to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine at various institutions, with a B.S. in Bioengineering from UC San Diego and a Master of Business & Science in Biotech Management from Keck Graduate Institute.