Shailesh Date

Shailesh Date has a wealth of work experience, starting in 2004 as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, they took a position at Genentech as a Scientist. From 2015 to 2020, they held multiple roles at Global Viral, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Senior Scientist. In 2018, they began teaching at both the University of California, San Francisco, as an Associate Adjunct Professor, and at San Francisco State University, as an Adjunct Professor. In 2020, they became the CEO and Founder of Sample Exchange, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems.

Shailesh Date's education history consists of a Postdoc from the University of Pennsylvania in Computational Biology and Infectious Disease (2004-2008), a Stanford Ignite Program (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2012-2013), a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in Molecular Biology (1998-2004), a M.Sc. from Savitribai Phule Pune University in Botany (Spcl. Plant Biotechnology) (1995-1997), and a B.Sc. Hon. from Fergusson College in Botany (1992-1995).